Living means taking chances. Risks. Playing safe all the time is being dead inside, even if you happen to still be breathing.

Anger is easier than forgiveness.

When did creating a flawless facade become a more vital goal than learning to love the person who lives inside your skin?

Nobody seems to care that with every push to live up to their expectations, my own dreams vaporize.

Perfection is a ridiculous goal because there is no such thing. Real beauty is what you are inside.

What we strive for, ultimately, is love. You won't find real love because you're beautiful on the outside. It is drawn to inner beauty. Spend your energy crafting that, and you will know true love.

Yes, it takes two to dance. But somebody has to lead.

Tying the know means slipping a noose around love and choking it to death.

Back turned, you don't have to look at what you've left behind. And the person who first turned their back on you can't watch you break down and cry. Never allow an enemy to see weakness in you.

...what good would it do toshutter your windows, neverdream of rainbows or find hopein promises? Why choose to walk awayrather than hold your groundand fight for love?

Parenting should be a passion, not a part-time pursuit.

Let them think what they liked, but I didn't mean to drown myself. I meant to swim till I sank -- but that's not the same thing.

Short answer 'No, ' Long answer 'Yes, ' with a 'But

Just because war is hell doesn’t mean you can’t have a little fun.

Much of my high-jinx have been drug-related. When you're under 30, whatever, but once you're past 40 it's just ugly.

I am a tender-hearted person, and I feel everything to the ninth degree.

Memory is everything. Without it we are nothing.

The Buddhists believe that everything in life is random. There are patterns that are intrinsic to life. We don't know why, we just know they're there like the DNA. We have no idea.

Affection can no more spoil a child than the sun could be put out by a bucket of gasoline.

I suspect that hunger was my mother.

...she always had the feeling that it was very, very dangerous to live even one day.