There’s a really stupid saying: When life hands you a lemon, make lemonade. Well, I have a better saying: When life hands you a lemon, shove that lemon up its stupid butt.

There are times I wish I were invisible. Which is silly, since I do everything I can to stand out.

People are the most difficult thing in the world to change

I’m not a bad person. I haven’t killed anyone. I (rarely) lie. I don’t kick little puppies. So why do people look at me as if the world would be a better place without me?

How does fear become so powerful? We can’t see it. We can’t touch it, yet it gets its claws in us and begins to control us. Sigh. I hate feeling afraid, and I hate, hate, HATE feeling out of control.

I believe in you, Sonya. You're a girl who can do impossible things. No one like you has walked this world. I regret not realizing that sooner.

You can become a model of a perfect man or a devoted husband and a father in order to show the role of the a man’s responsibility for the family

Often we may even smile or laugh at adversity, but all people share the same passions. They are merely manifest differently according to one's culture and conditioning.

Love means to look at yourself The way one looks at distant things For you are only one thing among many.

In extreme danger fear feels no pity. [Lat., In summo periculo timor miericordiam non recipit.]

Reality TV, blogging and self-publishing are all evidence of a society's or culture's desire to be more public. And that's a sign of a healthy or energetic culture.

An unashamedly indecent read. Welsh fans will love it.

I grew up in Minnesota and everyone is so nice there. It is like Fargo. Everyone's so chipper and you make friends just grocery shopping. We kill each other with kindness.

Man is the jewel of God, who has created this material world to keep his treasure in.

Bacon. Crispy. Salty. I could just eat a mountain of bacon for breakfast; it's so delicious.