Past experience told me he could smell my fear; it also told me that the anger accompanying it would pretty much cover the scent. It's good to know how to compensate for your own weaknesses.​

The difference between the truth and a lie is that both of them can hurt, but only one will take the time to heal you afterward.

I've got no problem with octopuses. It's bugs and spiders that I don't like. Octopuses are cute, in their own 'nature did a lot of drugs' sort of way." - Becks

Be good. Be kind to each other. And if there's somebody you love, tell them. The world always needs more love.

I guess in the end, it doesn’t matter what we wanted. What matters is what we chose to do with the things we had.

Think about that for a moment. They died for you. Now take a good look at the life you're living and tell me: Did they do the right thing?

Pronouns are only useful when you combine them with other words. I have a few I can give you, if you're at a loss.

The only thing we have in this world that is utterly and intrinsically ours is our integrity.

I feel the closest to crazy when I'm disagreeing with the voice in my head

Sorry...I got distracted listening to you and hot glued myself to my unicorn

I'm a decent sprinter and I can gun a motorcycle from zero to suicidal in less than ten seconds.

Soul SisterEvoking all my inner goodnesswith bastions of timeI cradle your heartsisterly into mine...

Poetry should be common in experience but uncommon in books.

If you want peace work for justice.

Is neither a cure for AIDS nor a way of preventing infection with HIV.

Recently some work I made could be seen as feminist art or work that relates to the body. That's just what I'm feeling - like it needs to be done.

Creative success means balancing your love of starting things with a habit of finishing them.

National 21 drinking age, huh, what do you think about that? A bunch of malarkey, whatever malarkey is, man, it's a whole bunch of it.

I'm trying to do it honestly and genuinely; if some of it's not working to your taste, what can I say?

I like to keep myself in shape. I run and do weights when I go to the gym.

A beggar always remains a beggar. Africa, stop begging - you have what it takes to solve your problem.