Ruby, I lied before. I would have run. —CG

He's so busy looking inside people to find the good that he misses the knife they're holding in their hand.

I bet it gets pretty lonely with only your ego for company.

The thing that scares me is that some part of me understands where they're coming from. They took everything from us, you know? Why shouldn’t we be able to take it back if we have the power to?

If you're going to knock down my suggestion, you'd better have one to replace it.

And people like you are the reason we have middle fingers.

I used to dream about turning back time, about reclaiming the things I'd lost and the person I used to be.

He's just like a stallion. Wild and kicking on the outside, but a heart soft as satin on the inside. Just waiting for the right girl to break him in.

You get a good review, and it’s like crack. You need another hit. And another. And another. I know authors are like Tinkerbell and generally need applause to survive, but it’s a slippery slope.

—I don't want to lose you —Then why are you the one that keeps letting go?

The darkest minds never fade in the afterlight.

Brave people believe in a higher power than themselves.

Darkness and anger, when combined, are their own master.

You were born to persistently change your negative conditions instead of being changed by them.

You can check that box off. You want to make your parents proud for the tuition they paid at NYU.

Everyone returns us to a different sense of ourselves, for we become a little of who they think we are.

The more difficult it is to forgive someone the greater the opportunity for spiritual growth.

Seldom do we talk of ourselves with success. If I condemn myself, more is believed than is expressed; if I praise myself, much less.

Without suffering, there'd be no compassion.

The poet judges not as a judge judges but as the sun falling around a helpless thing.

Stop your nonsense and drink your whiskey!