Life doesn't get much better than this.

She’s happier than Nicola. That’s probably true. Alcoholics can stop drinking but what is there for the children of alcoholics? Is it always too late? Probably. She doesn’t know.

Being weird adds spice to life. Having weird friends just deepens the flavor

Self-love is the best love, and you're the only one who gives it.

If I look closely, my failures are less about my inadequacies and more about the fact that I channel my abilities into the wrong places.

When one bases his life on principle 99 percent of his decisions are already made.

Love the world and yourself in it, move through it as though it offers no resistance, as though the world is your natural element.

Judging others makes us blind, whereas love is illuminating.

The deep, intimate connection I am searching for is within me. I am all that I am looking for. I am love. All is well.

I was an altar boy, I took catechism classes and religion classes, and I prayed a lot as a child. My family was very religious, and I really experienced God.

I loved Molly. Or at least I told myself I did. Or, if what I felt for her was not love, it was at least a plausible imitation, a convincing substitute.