My mom was there, in some form, in some sense, in some universe. My mom was still my mom, even if she only lived in books and door locks and the smell of fried tomatoes and old paper. She lived.

I have been bent and broken, but - I hope - into a better shape.

Mortals. I envy you. You think you can change things. Stop the universe. Undo what was done long before you came along. You are such beautiful creatures.

The right thing and the easy thing are never the same.

Knowing you don't have much time left changes things. You get kind of philosophical. And you figure things out-more like, they figure themselves out-and everything gets real clear.

There are no coincidences.

Because saving the people you love isn't stupid. It isn't even a choice

Who can judge the judge?

I'll love you until the day after forever.

It almost felt like she was sucking it all out of me, like she sucked on that sticky red lollipop, the one she kept licking as she drove.

the whole way down, I was only thinking one thing . . . L E N A

Being authentic begins with unconditional self acceptance - imperfections and all.

I'd like to have a dog with me.

Germs do not have a political party.

The very first stock I bought right out of college was Berkshire Hathaway.

'One Week' changed my life because I used to be the Million Dollars Guy, and now I'm the Chickity China Guy.

A person may be very secretive and yet have no secrets.

Computer science departments have always considered 'user interface' research to be sissy work.

What least makes a mother is biology.

To fuel my body, I am relentless about never eating anything that isn't of this Earth.

Don't worry about how you 'should' draw it. Just draw it the way you see it.