Kids lose their trust in the parents they love, but still accept them, so they end up not trusting themselves anymore.

It wasn't so much that I was afraid of the place itself, but I was afraid of the creatures who masqueraded as people.

In order to induce the process of decay, water is necessary. I think that, in the case of women, men are the water.

My talent was the uncompromising ability to feel spite.

A woman who does not know herself has no choice other than to live with other people’s evaluations. But no one can adapt perfectly to public opinion. And herein lies the source of their destruction.

I suppose I’m the one responsible for destroying myself.

I'm this superphilosophical kind of person. Stuck in a prison of abstract ideas and overpowering emotions, I have this personality that makes it really hard to survive.

I was in a self-induced depression. Welcome to me Real World.

Friends are a weird thing. It seems like they know all about you, but then they don’t understand you at all.

If people can't stand being alone, they have no choice but to die

Let's face it: the world is twisted. And rotten.

Faith is a knowledge within the heart, beyond the reach of proof.

I did that girly little sighing thing you do when you can't handle all the sweetness anymore and bit my lip.

Of all the rash and midnight promises made in the name of love, none, Boone now knew, was more certain to be broken than "I'll never leave you.

We eat light, drink it in through our skins

Real estate is the key cost of physical retailers. That's why there's the old saw: location, location, location.

I hadn't realized until I covered the police beat just how seedy crime is.

One's need for loneliness is not satisfied if one sits at a table alone. There must be empty chairs as well.

You have to be true to yourself and remain humble. Whether you win or lose, you've got to treat everyone the same, and be who you are.

There have been better attempts at marching, and they have been made by penguins.

Using political tools to change social conditions won't work.