Tying the know means slipping a noose around love and choking it to death.

Anger is easier than forgiveness.

When did creating a flawless facade become a more vital goal than learning to love the person who lives inside your skin?

Living means taking chances. Risks. Playing safe all the time is being dead inside, even if you happen to still be breathing.

Nobody seems to care that with every push to live up to their expectations, my own dreams vaporize.

Perfection is a ridiculous goal because there is no such thing. Real beauty is what you are inside.

What we strive for, ultimately, is love. You won't find real love because you're beautiful on the outside. It is drawn to inner beauty. Spend your energy crafting that, and you will know true love.

Yes, it takes two to dance. But somebody has to lead.

Back turned, you don't have to look at what you've left behind. And the person who first turned their back on you can't watch you break down and cry. Never allow an enemy to see weakness in you.

...what good would it do toshutter your windows, neverdream of rainbows or find hopein promises? Why choose to walk awayrather than hold your groundand fight for love?

Parenting should be a passion, not a part-time pursuit.

When I was about eight, I decided that the most wonderful thing, next to a human being, was a book.

He was nuts. He'd scammed the quarterly mental health exam and was certifiably insane.Not that that's ever stopped me from sleeping with anyone.

Come, my pretender, my fritter, my bubbler, my chicken biddy! Oh succulent one, it is but one turn in the road and I would be a cannibal!

I used to be told if I talked about my sexuality in any way that we wouldn't have a tennis tour.

Families must spend more time together in work and recreation.

It now seems certain that the amino acid sequence of any protein is determined by the sequence of bases in some region of a particular nucleic acid molecule.

The essence of Buddhism is simply that the mind is forever. We are always experiencing different states of mind in one form or another, in one body or another, in one life or another, forever.

Age is a hell of a price to pay for wisdom.

If you're competitor-focused, you have to wait until there is a competitor doing something. Being customer-focused allows you to be more pioneering.

The trip across Arizona is just one oasis after another. You can just throw anything out and it will grow there, I like Arizona.