To create a word is simple. But to create a world – to think – that’s hard.

I found that reading gave me a certain relief – one form of escapism that seemed safe, and maybe more than safe. I felt saner – less fragmented- after reading for an hour.location 3234

People become so obsessed with the future, they make it up.

Sometimes the best way out of darkness is into it.

Language also acts like love in form.

In truth, it was also by design: as much as I loved my mother, she wasn't often the person I sought for comfort in hard times. She disapproved tacitly of crying.

But maybe because I'm from a part of the country where there are more meth labs than drive-throughs, anything harder than cough syrup always makes me nervous.

​You can't Believe in Yourself, till People Believe in You.

I would miss Colby, but it wasn't going anywhere. All the more reason why I should.

Sheesh two-legs. You keep screechin' like that, you mind's well tell all 'em Banshee "I'm here, eat me - I bring salt

The food here is terrible, and the portions are too small.

In America, We have surrendered our middle class to the whims of foreign countries. We take care of them better than we take care of ourselves.

A great dinner must include not only yummy food, but good conversation.

I want to win and I feel that pressure, but my career will not be a disaster if I do not win there. It is a dream to fulfill.

I really want to help people. I really want to give somebody that hope that they need to keep going.

I'm happy to say I am a Harrison-Kreps-Keynesian.

The present is what slips by us while we're pondering the past and worrying about the future.