Was insanity really easier to accept than unconsciousness?

And I was having too much fun to stop now.

I had killed our careful relationship by driving my tongue through its heart and pushing it off a cliff.

The mind picks some very bad times to take a walk doesn't it?

A man can take only so much. Even a phony man like me.

In its own way the kiss had been an act of murder.

Really now: If you can't get me my newspaper on time, how can you expect me to refrain from killing people?

It was such an unexpected and genuine smile that if I only had a soul I'm sure I would have felt quite guilty.

I think that's nice, and if I could have feelings at all I would have them for Deb.

For the first time I could remember, I felt weak, woozy and stupid— like a human-being. Like a very small and helpless human-being.

It was almost enough to make me feel emotion.

Recovery is hard. Regret is harder.

Tomorrow’s sun is on it’s way – a relentless sun, inscrutable like life.

I am slow. A sentence often takes an hour to compose before I throw it out. What can you do?

I complain about my life. I used to complain about boys or not being able to drive or failing a test. Now I complain about boys, not being able to drive, and leaving home so much.

I give people If You Came Softly when they demand proof that novels for teens can be as good as the best novels for adults.

Avoid studies of which the result dies with the worker.

The best advice I was given if that if you want to succeed and you want to achieve, you have to learn how to handle failures.

Poverty comes pleading not for charity, for the most part, but imploring us to find a purchaser for its unmarketable wares.

I admire the world of the books and the characters that she's created, but I'm not an addict of Harry Potter. I don't feel possessive about it.

We need more male black teachers, tempting them with extra cash if necessary.