When it’s quiet in my head like this, that’s when the voice doesn’t need to tell me how pathetic I am. I know it in the deepest part of me. When it’s quiet like this, that’s when I truly hate myself.

Healing comes from love. And loving every living thing in turn helps you love yourself.

Playing roles in any relationship is false and will inevitably lead to the relationship's collapse. Noone can be any one thing all the time.

You treat me better than I've ever treated myself.

Writing to her, I was no longer lonely... I could tolerate anything as long as I had a notepad and a pen and could pour my heart out to her in these letters.

Men let women down. Over and over again. I'ts what they're programmed to do.

Nirvana is where you are, provided you don't object to it.

To reduce destructive emotions we need to strengthen constructive emotions. For example, to counter anger we cultivate love and compassion.

I definitely want Brooklyn to be christened, but I don't know into what religion yet.

All the Christmas presents in the world are worth nothing without the presence of Christ.

Reality in our century is not something to be faced.

I believe some people are just too damn smart to write fiction.

We have states that are throwing away the DNA of rapists. How can a woman be so inconsequential, that we as a nation aren't standing up and doing something about this intimate, violent act?

Could we but think with the intensity we love with, we might do great things.

No human being is innocent, but there is a class of innocent human actions called Games.