The truth is that nobody is owed an apology for anything. Apologies are lovely when they happen. But they change nothing. They do not reverse actions or correct damage. They are merely nice to hear.

You would be amazed by what you can give up, lose, or break, and yet still be a person who gets happy over brownies.

...handsome people are always interesting to watch. But a handsome person in crisis is riveting.

You need to grab your dream out of the sky like it's a kite and pinch the string through your fingers until you reach the spool.

I myself am made entirely of flaws, stitched together with good intentions.

I can't tell you how much I love Target and Costco, that kind of culture, because it's something I never felt a part of. I've always felt like a tourist because I have never fit in anywhere.

Should I just sit down, right here at carousel seven, and shake until somebody's arms are around me and they're saying, 'It's okay, I'm here, I'm here, come with me to the institute.

You are allowed to be alive. You are allowed to be somebody different. You are allowed to not say goodbye to anybody or explain a single thing to anyone, ever.

His laugh is made if porch swings and lemonade

But I can also write in crappy motel rooms, while standing in line, or sitting in the dentist's chair.

I wouldn't want to waste any of my brain cells on forgiving if it's holding me back.

We can choose to live under the rulership of God or under the rulership of the devil.

Focus is where you fail or succeed.

Some artists are normal people who just happen to make things because we can't figure out how in the hell to communicate with people.

Politics is not a baseball game with winners or losers. What politics is about is whether we protect the needs of millions of people in this country who are hurting.

The important thing is that the principles that Senator Obama outlined originally are now embraced and taxpayers will be protected.

since feelings come first, who cares about the syntax of things?

If I am the phantom, it is because man's hatred has made me so. If I am to be saved it is because your love redeems me.

Maybe you should just press the button

I filmed underwater for two days in the open ocean with dolphins.

Anger is like a flame blazing up and consuming our self-control, making us think, say, and do things that we will probably regret later.