The foundation of your life is luck. Hard work and talent make up the difference.

There's something ugly about the flawless.

Narrative becomes the way you make sense of chaos. That's how you focus the world. It's the only reason you should ever try this writing job.

In Greek tragedy, they fall from great heights. In noir, they fall from the curb.

Happiness comes in moments, & then it's gone until the next time. Could be years. But sadness settles it.

It's hard to close the door on optimistic expectations when you love someone.

There are so many more important things to worry about than how you're perceived by strangers.

There are threads in our lives. You pull one, and everything else gets affected.

Chuck said, “Hey. How many surrealists does it take to screw in a lightbulb?” Cawley looked over at him. “I’ll bite. How many?” “Fish,” Chuck said and let loose a bright bark of a laugh.

What molds us is what maims us.

The best thing that can happen to people entering creative professions is the dwindling of all other possibilities.

I think it's hard for you to fall in love because you like control, and you can't control what another person does or feels, so you keep all your cards.

He tried to name which of the deadly seven might apply, and when he failed he decided to append an eighth, regret.

The Church is not merely a hospital or a halfway house to check in and out for weekend visits.

African-Amendment.

When you go to Hawaii, it's all about "Aloha." It means hello, goodbye and I love you.

Success is only another form of failure if we forget what our priorities should be.

At the end of the day, the task I have is just like anyone else, to prove myself through my product or work. I've really found this to be true, the name advantage is a zero sum gain.

Beli at thirteen believed in love like a seventy-year-old widow who's been abandoned by family, husband, children and fortune believes in God.

When Wayne was traded, I became captain. For me it really wasn't anything - I didn't do anything or I didn't feel I had to do anything different than what I had been doing all along.

What we are assigned to bear is in a sense a measure of our stature.