She waves her arms at the world. "It's all just time filler until we die.

I do my best thinking at night when everyone else is sleeping. No interruptions. No noise. I like the feeling of being awake when no one else is.

The problem with people is they forget that most of the time it's the small things that count.

People rarely bring flowers to a suicide.

The future is uncertain, but that can be a good thing.

Were you planning to jump off?"“Not on pizza day. Never on pizza day, which is one of the better days of the week.” I should mention that I am a brilliant deflector.

I run until time stops. Until my mind stops.

For a minute, I can feel it: the sense of peace as my mind goes quiet, like I'm already dead. I am weightless and free. Nothing and no one to fear, not even myself.

Angry at him for leaving without a word, angry at myself for being so easy to leave and for not being enough to make him want to stick around.

I love the thrill of impending, weightless doom...

Since I stopped writing, I read more than ever. Other people's words, not my own--my words are gone.

Life is beautiful and this earth is heaven, but your mind is capable enough to create hell for you, on this very earth, if you go on living your life, without understanding.

Why judge when it's only a matter of perception.

Remember, it takes two to make an argument. The one who is wrong is the one who will be doing most of the talking.

I have never tried to fiddle my role as leader of the city of Sheffield, as an MP or as a minister.

I think our fears find us and force us to confront them over and over again.

I love my mom. I totally look up to her, and she just doesn't let anybody take advantage of me. People might call that a stage mom.

I don't think because I hang out with enough black people, I'm gonna turn black. What kind of rationalization is that? I'm just friends with people that I like. I don't care what skin color you are.

When two great saints meet, it's a humbling experience.

The whole duty of a conductor is comprised in his ability to indicate the right tempo.

You have to fight for your life. That's the chief condition on which you hold it.