They all think medicine should be magic, and they become mad at me when it's not.

The scariest thing of all is never knowing what you're suddenly going to believe.

The fear of not living is a deep, abiding dread of watching your own potential decompose into irredeemable disappointment when 'should be' gets crushed by what is.

There is nothing to fear but fear itself, " the captain announces from the helm, "and the occasional man-eating monster.

My artwork isn't evolving, it's deconstructing, and I don't know why.

And I think, if thoughts are worth a penny, how much less promises must be worth. Especially the ones you're likely to break.

Elasticity is a fundamental principle of perception,

while it’s five in the morning here, it’s also five in the evening somewhere in China—proving that incompatible truths make perfect sense when seen with global perspective.

You see demons in the eyes of the world, and the world sees bottomless pit in yours.

You see demons in the eyes of the world, and the world sees a bottomless pit in yours.

I begin to wonder if David was like me. Seeing monsters everywhere and realizing there aren't enough slingshots in the world to get rid of them.

You’re not a human being until you value something more than the life of your body. And the greater the thing you live and die for the greater you are.

Any anger I feel vanishes. What is left cannot be described. It is guilt piled onto emptiness and set afire.

His music was an outlet of that romantic energy and sensitivity.

I want to say, Christina, that you are ... unusual. And somehow..." her voice trails off. "Your mind-- your curiosity-- will be your comfort.

BLANK-VERSE, n. Unrhymed iambic pentameters - the most difficult kind of English verse to write acceptably; a kind, therefore, much affected by those who cannot acceptably write any kind.

Any argument where one supposes an arbitrary choice to be made an uncountably infinite number of times ...[is] outside the domain of mathematics.

chaos is the first step in the creative process.

Always remember: If you're alone in the kitchen and you drop the lamb, you can always just pick it up. Who's going to know?

It's in understanding yourself deeply that you can lend yourself to another person's circumstances and another person's experience.

I love every bone in a woman's body, especially mine.