Keep going. You're a mess and you're happy.

A snowball in the face is surely the perfect beginning to a lasting friendship.

Imagine smiling after a slap in the face. Then think of doing it twenty-four hours a day.

If only she could be so oblivious again, to feel such love without knowing it, mistaking it for laughter.

Often I wish this would all be over, Liesel, but then somehow you do something like walk down the basement steps with a snowman in your hands.

I have hated words and I have loved them, and I hope I have made them right.

I guess humans like to watch a little destruction. Sand castles, houses of cards, that's where they begin. Their great skills is their capacity to escalate.

No matter how many times she was told that she was loved, there was no recognition that the proof was in the abandonment.

It was the beginning of the greatest Christmas ever. Little food. No presents. But there was a snowman in their basement.

As always, one of her books was next to her.

If you can't imagine it, think clumsy silence. Think bits and pieces of floating despair. And drowning in a train.

A moment later I am moving through space. Spinning. Twirling. Dancing.In the light.

From compromise to deceit is a small step.

There are many different forms of betrayal, but one hurts the most, Betraying Your Self.

Once upon a time I was falling in love, now I'm only falling apart.

People underestimate me, maybe because of my look, maybe because of my speech, and I love that. I love to give the impression that I'm an easy victim. I ain't nobody's fool, believe that.

Music is a savage art, a measured madness.

I think Bush understands the Internet and the incredible expansion of global e-commerce.

Keep alive within you and bring under wise control that courage which makes you long to undertake great works, which others might consider it folly to attempt.

You're saying no ninety-seven times out of a hundred, and most founders find they have to make a very conscious effort to do this.

Drew a mustache on your picture, threw your ring away.