She'd be one of those parents who left a kid behind at a rest stop, driving for miles before she noticed. We'd hear about her on the evening news.

Marriage is like a well-built porch. If one of the two posts leans too much, the porch collapses. So each must be strong enough to stand on its own.

...wanting things for the wrong reasons can turn anyone's life into a marshmallow on a stick over a hot fire: impossibly messy and eventually consumed, one way or another.

That's what people do who love you. They put their arms around you and love you when you're not so lovable.

The loneliness you feel with another person, the wrong person, is the loneliest of all.

You've got to say what you mean and mean what you say...Doubt in your voice is an open door people will shove right through.

You've got to have someone who loves your body. Who doesn't define you, but sees you. Who loves what he sees. Who you don't have to struggle to be good enough for.

We don't want you convicted for condiment theft. You go to that prison, you'll meet big-time operators. Maple syrup stealers.

We can get so wrapped up in our own misconceptions that we miss the simple beauty of the truth.

It was one of those times you feel a sense of loss, even though you didn't have something in the first place. I guess that's what disappointment is- a sense of loss for something you never had.

If time heals all wounds, and a book can hold a person's entire life, then you can speed up the process with a pulp time warp.

A good writer is one that can see the goodness in others and helps them to be better.

It’s stupid, but it’s human, and that’s how it is.

Things get worse before they get better, but this is a worse that feels too big.

… there’s a difference between having no one because you’ve chosen it and having no one because everyone has been taken away.

No one respects the First Amendment more than I do. People have a right to express their concerns and their hopes and dreams to their government.

I used to do everything to keep a wall up around myself and keep my life quiet so that I could write.

Do you wish to see clearly and be free?

Liberation also means that even though I'm a woman I have masculine parts of my temperament which I can safely explore and integrate into my experience.

If you're looking for someone who can beat the RAW divas, perhaps you should choose someone who's beaten every diva on RAW.

Teach the art of living well.