That's how birthdays were in our house. All hateful charades of pretty clothes, expensive presents, and ugly words . . .

The wonderful, beautiful thing that happens when you rid yourself of the things that don’t see your worth? You make space in your life for all the glorious things you deserve.

Ever since the other boy had arrived half way through the semester, he'd been so blue, he was practically iridescent.

When things in the country are in the pits, start a war with somebody.

The desert shall rejoice and blossom as the rose.

I suffered from post-natal depression after Rowan was born. I had a healthy, beautiful baby girl and I couldn't look at her. I couldn't hold her, smile at her. All I wanted was to disappear and die.

A heart makes a good home for the friend.

I am everywhere and I am nowhere. That's the beauty of the Internet Age.

For nature by the same cause, provided it remain in the same condition, always produces the same effect, so that either coming-to-be or passing-away will always result.

People are drooling for the truth. They want honesty from politicians, and they're not getting it.

I guess, I ended up finding music to pour my curiosity into. It was my creative outlet and therapy at the same time.