We are the species that clamors to be lied to.

Memory blurs, that's the point. If memory didn't blur you wouldn't have the fool's courage to do things again, again, again, that tear you apart.

Reading is the sole means by which we slip, involuntarily, often helplessly, into another's skin, another's voice, another's soul.

I never change, I simply become more myself.

How lovely this world is, really: one simply has to look.

Our enemy is by tradition our savior, in preventing us from superficiality.

Read widely, and without apology. Read what you want to read, not what someone tells you you should read.

Night comes to the desert all at once, as if someone turned off the light.

Keep a light, hopeful heart. But ­expect the worst.

See, people come into your life for a reason. They might not know it themselves, why. You might not know it. But there's a reason. There has to be

Be your own editor/critic. Sympathetic but merciless!

It is true that there is not enough beauty in the world. It is also true that I am not competent to restore it. Neither is there candor, and here I may be of some use.

Remember, I'm the only person her who's paid to be nice to you. But not too nice. Give me any lip and I'll break your face. OK?

I really hate that I need my glasses while using my laptop. What I hate even more is that I need those glasses to be full of vodka at all times.-Karen Quan and Jarod Kintz

Debating whether one trusts or not is a sign that one does not want to trust at all, and therefore is still incapable of it.

Career is just posh slavery.

The Spiritual disciplines are wisdom and not righteousness.

I'm comfortable moving into the role of elder person.

Let philosophy resolutely aim to be as scientific as possible, but let her not forget her strong kinship with literature.

Ask yourselves this question: How often is Jesus inside and knocking at the door to be let out, to come out?

Show yourself a Christian by suffering without murmuring. In patience possess your soul - they lose nothing who gain Christ.