It terrified me to consider: What if, as a grown-up, I craved another body beside me as still as this one? What then?

You would be amazed by what you can give up, lose, or break, and yet still be a person who gets happy over brownies.

...handsome people are always interesting to watch. But a handsome person in crisis is riveting.

You need to grab your dream out of the sky like it's a kite and pinch the string through your fingers until you reach the spool.

I myself am made entirely of flaws, stitched together with good intentions.

I can't tell you how much I love Target and Costco, that kind of culture, because it's something I never felt a part of. I've always felt like a tourist because I have never fit in anywhere.

Should I just sit down, right here at carousel seven, and shake until somebody's arms are around me and they're saying, 'It's okay, I'm here, I'm here, come with me to the institute.

You are allowed to be alive. You are allowed to be somebody different. You are allowed to not say goodbye to anybody or explain a single thing to anyone, ever.

His laugh is made if porch swings and lemonade

But I can also write in crappy motel rooms, while standing in line, or sitting in the dentist's chair.

I wouldn't want to waste any of my brain cells on forgiving if it's holding me back.

I'm looking at you through the glassDon't know how much time has pastOh God it feels like foreverBut no one tells that forever feels like homeSitting all alone in your head

Because of course, for every revelation of weakness, there had to be an equal and opposite show of strength.

Once you start a working on something, don't be afraid of failure and don't abandon it. People who work sincerely are the happiest.

A book of poems doesn't just come out by chance, an editor has to select it, a publisher has to distribute it or you will never see it.

No matter how great your wisdom, you can still make a fool of yourself.

I don’t think anyone who falls in love has a choice. You’re just pulled to that person like true north, whether it’s good for you or bound to break your heart.

I do not just write, I write what I am. If there is a secret, perhaps that is it.

I have to say I have an incredible musical education because of my father.

A university is a college with a stadium seating over 40,000.

Teacher: What do you want to be when you grow up? Marji: I'll be a prophet.