There were always choices. I’d made a string of bad ones myself. At least I could admit that.

Memories, even bittersweet ones, are better than nothing.

That kind of love should've been able to beat sickness. That kind of love should've conquered anything.

My heart cracked. Daemon never begged.

Your mail could've waited." Daemon followed me into the kitchen. "What is it? Just books?"Grabbing the OJ from the fridge, I sighed. People who didn't heart books didn't understand.

Daemon pressed his forehead against mine. "Oh, I still want to strangle you. But I'm insane. You're crazy. Maybe that's why. We just make crazy together.

I understood books. I did not understand boys—especially alien boys.

Strange how something good can come from something horrible.

But I'm insane. You're crazy. Maybe that's why, We can just make crazy together.

Now I was nothing but a shade of grey - my moral compass ambiguous.

That's the funny thing about trying to escape. You never really can. Maybe temporarily, but not completely.

When you consciously choose to do what you love, life becomes a pleasure and ceases to be a chore.

Forgive me that I felt forsaken, That grief and angst was all I knew. Forgive me that I kept mistaking Too many other men for you.

Sometimes the idea of living as a hermit appeals to all of us. No demands, no needs, no pain, no disappointments. But that is because we have been hurt, are worn out.

Life is for a specific mission.

I guess the thing that I'm most proud of is that I kept on writing poetry. I understand that poetry is sort of the source of everything I do. It's the source of my creativity.

Why he would agree to install an eight-by-eight-foot fish tank and then not fill it with a single dolphin made me want to burn his eyebrows off.

It is wonderful how quickly you get used to things, even the most astonishing.

The sad fact is that international politics has always been a ruthless and dangerous business, and it is likely to remain that way.

Believe. Believe in yourself. Believe in others. Believe there is positive in everything.

Focused will is incredible. If you have a dream and you don’t give up no matter what obstacles come up, then life’s problems will fall away and you will get what you want. It happens. It works.