There are times when fear is not our enemy. There are times when fear is our truest, sometimes only, friend.

Why did they come billions of miles just to stare at us? It's rude.

But hope is no less realistic than despair. It is still our choice whether to live in light or lie down in darkness.

Even the most sensitive person can get used to even the most insensitive thing. Cruelty isn’t a personality trait. Cruelty is a habit.

You know how sometimes you tell yourself that you have a choice, but really you don't have a choice? Just because there are alternatives doesn't mean they apply to you.

Sometimes in my tent, late at night, I think I can hear the stars scraping against the sky.

So often the monsters that crowd our minds are nothing more than the strange and thoroughly alien progeny of our own fearful fantasies.

You are the nest. You are the hatchling. You are the chrysalis. You are the progeny. You are the rot that falls from stars. You may not understand what I mean. You will.

You can only call someone crazy if there’s someone else who’s normal. Like good and evil. If everything was good, then nothing would be good.

It's almost dawn. You can feel it coming. The world holds its breath, because there's really no guarantee that the sun will rise. That there was a yesterday doesn't mean there will be a tomorrow.

It's hard to plan for what comes next when what comes next is not something you planned for.

Advocating well with a personal story is not a call to simply “Insert Story Here.

Wisdom consists in being able to distinguish among dangers and make a choice of the least harmful.

The more honest and authentic we are, the more deeply we go into the mystery of our own being.

The Bible says, "For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost"

What good can come from meeting death with tears? If a man Is sorry for himself, he doubles death.

On Career Day in high school, you don't walk around looking for the cartoon guy.

I'm not really interested in courting controversy, but I am interested in exploring issues that other people would deem to be controversial.

I'm not focused on being perfect. I like trial and error. You learn through uncomfortable experiences. And now I know what doesn't work for me, and I know what does.

Crazy is a compliment.

To be the object of someone's obsession is horrible.