Other people sound flat to my ear; their words just hang in the air. But when my mother says something, the ends curl.

You would be amazed by what you can give up, lose, or break, and yet still be a person who gets happy over brownies.

...handsome people are always interesting to watch. But a handsome person in crisis is riveting.

You need to grab your dream out of the sky like it's a kite and pinch the string through your fingers until you reach the spool.

I myself am made entirely of flaws, stitched together with good intentions.

I can't tell you how much I love Target and Costco, that kind of culture, because it's something I never felt a part of. I've always felt like a tourist because I have never fit in anywhere.

Should I just sit down, right here at carousel seven, and shake until somebody's arms are around me and they're saying, 'It's okay, I'm here, I'm here, come with me to the institute.

You are allowed to be alive. You are allowed to be somebody different. You are allowed to not say goodbye to anybody or explain a single thing to anyone, ever.

His laugh is made if porch swings and lemonade

But I can also write in crappy motel rooms, while standing in line, or sitting in the dentist's chair.

I wouldn't want to waste any of my brain cells on forgiving if it's holding me back.

Hire the best people, and trust what you hired them to do.

It's time for us to rise up, get out of the rut and routine, and begin to take our Christian faith seriously.

In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity.

You really want to get a headache? Try to understand Internet advertising.

I couldn't really be a part of high school, because I have a terrible time doing things that I don't want to do. I'm not good at it. It's not even like, I'm a rebel. I'm just bad at it, you know?

Now, there's no use crying over spoiled milk.

The people who are playing it totally safe are never going to have either the fun or the reward of the people who decide to take some risk, stick out, do it differently.

I won't put myself in a position where I'm vulnerable.

Out of this idea of separation between atom and atom comes all misery.

Now, it is my contention that the deneuroticization of humanity requires a rehumanization of psychotherapy.