It was almost funny. Life seemed downright accidental in its brevity, and death a punch line to a lousy joke.

The funny thing about stop signs is that they're also start signs.

I realize Jubilee is a bit of a stripper name. You probably think I have heard the call of the pole.

Writing is one of the few careers for which you essentially train yourself, the other two major ones being juggling and pickpocketing.

i miss you so much it's giving me a pain in my pancreas.

Fear can't hurt you," she said. "When it washes over you, give it no power. It's a snake with no venom. Remember that. That knowledge can save you.

It's always easier to say good-bye when you know it's just a prelude to hello.

You can never visit the same place twice. Each time, it's a different story. By the very act of coming back, you wipe out what came before.

I like you because you were mad. And you're pretty. And pretty sane for a mad person.

Guilt isn't always a rational thing, Clio realized. Guilt is a weight that will crush you whether you deserve it or not.

I have no phobias. Phobias are irrational. My fears are rational and CAREFULLY CULTIVATED, like roses.

You can flip a coin to change its face, but it remains the same coin.

Maybe they have some new line of contacts that gives cute guys an alien, jeweled feel.

Positive thinking is so firmly enshrined in our culture that knocking it is a little like attacking motherhood or apple pie.

My heart and my trust were in the process of collapsing. And that collapse created a vacuum in my chest.

The only limitations one has, are the ones they place on themselves

Decide to believe in God, who created you. Decide to believe in yourself, that you truly can reach goals—your goals

I think President Obama has done more than he is given credit for.

That happiness is to be attained through limitless material acquisition is denied by every religion and philosophy known to mankind, but is preached incessantly by every American television set.

All my friends are talented enough to get nominated for awards. I just am always surprised when things and people I like are also liked by things like the Oscars.

Everything appears to me to be authored, in some strange way. And I wonder if this is not the spreading assumption of the psychedelic illusion/delusion/revelation that life is in fact art.