We read because we are essentially alone.

That's the thing about a great book. Every time you read it, it's different, because you're different. You've changed since the last time you picked it up, things have happened to you.

Why should I bring happiness to those I loathe by obliterating myself, when I can make them miserable just by existing?

We have no control over fate and history, but we can control how we conduct ourselves in this life.

That's really what the mall is all about: money. At the mall the rule is: Credito, ergo sum - I shop, therefore I am.

We are all the same in that we all want to be different.

Whining is a form of manipulation. People will give anything to make you shut up.

We often reward mediocrity because it is comforting. If they can do it, anyone can do it.

In relationships it is best to assume nothing.

My Macbook is my new boyfriend, except that he's dependable and meets all my demands.

You can not make someone love you. You can not be thin enough or white enough or famous enough. The choice is entirely the other person's. Then again, you might try hypnosis.

Time must be converted into product

There is something healthy and invigorating about direct action.

My mom was very strict. She didn't let me watch anything rated R or anything with cussing.

I listen to boy band music before I have to fire someone.

All of Christian existence ... stands within an expectation. Its fulfillment may be sure, but its timing is unknown.

It is sometimes the most fragile things that have the power to endure and become sources of strength.

In a baby's first months, the earliest patterns of intimacy or distrust are forever grooved into his soul.

Before the tongue can speak, it must have lost the power to wound.

There is nothing that anyone can say to prepare you for childbirth. Each woman's experience is so different; you never know how it will be for you!