The bad things don't seem to happen to bad people.' That's because they already did. There's no original evil left in the world.

Maybe the trying is the thing. Maybe it doesn't get better than that. Maybe you never quite get there. And maybe that's okay.

Sometimes when you push someone, you find out who that person really is.

Relationships are never chance events.

There's no original evil left in the world. Everyone's just recycling pain. (257)

People blush when one of their core truths is revealed.

The roots of any evil deed can be traced to the perpetrator's refusal to experience pain.

But insight doesn't necessarily produce self-control. Sometimes you just see your destructiveness more clearly.

Plenty of people who survive tragedies end up ambivalent about danger--frightened by it, yet strangely drawn to it.

...Some people hurt so much they can't take what they need, even when someone wants to give it to them. (106)

The truth will set you free. Unless you're guilty.

You cannot reach success only by working hard, you also need to be working smart.

Of everything we must first ask: is it real or not?

Simple shapes are inhuman. They fail to resonate with the way nature organizes itself or with the way human perception sees the world.

At the risk of appearing disingenuous, I don't really think of myself as 'writing humor.' I'm simply reporting on the world I observe, which is frequently hilarious.

I'm thrilled with my body of work.

I'll smoke anything. I won't spend a lot of money on cigars, because I consider that too self indulgent. $3, max, except for special occasions. And yes, I do know the difference.

It appears to me that almost any man may like the spider spin from his own inwards his own airy citadel.

We must plow through the whole of language.

Life sometimes separates people so that they can realize how much they mean to each other.

Michelle Obama is a powerful example of someone who has learned how to align her actions with her values, manage boundaries across domains of life, and embrace change courageously.