When you raise an animal, you live it like your own child.

Marriage is like a well-built porch. If one of the two posts leans too much, the porch collapses. So each must be strong enough to stand on its own.

...wanting things for the wrong reasons can turn anyone's life into a marshmallow on a stick over a hot fire: impossibly messy and eventually consumed, one way or another.

That's what people do who love you. They put their arms around you and love you when you're not so lovable.

The loneliness you feel with another person, the wrong person, is the loneliest of all.

You've got to say what you mean and mean what you say...Doubt in your voice is an open door people will shove right through.

You've got to have someone who loves your body. Who doesn't define you, but sees you. Who loves what he sees. Who you don't have to struggle to be good enough for.

We don't want you convicted for condiment theft. You go to that prison, you'll meet big-time operators. Maple syrup stealers.

We can get so wrapped up in our own misconceptions that we miss the simple beauty of the truth.

It was one of those times you feel a sense of loss, even though you didn't have something in the first place. I guess that's what disappointment is- a sense of loss for something you never had.

If time heals all wounds, and a book can hold a person's entire life, then you can speed up the process with a pulp time warp.

A bad conscience makes a very good ghost.

No amount of sleep will ever satisfy the tiredness i always feel.

There's no tragedy in nature, only process -- and therefore no triumph, either.

Your home is living space, not storage space.

If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right.

The 'Billionaire' song is what my kids tease me with. They sing it to me. It's funny.

People are people, messy and mutable, combining differently with one another from day to day - even hour to hour.

When you're a parent, you're just like, God, I hope they like me when they grow up. I hope that I did a good job. I hope they're gonna be happy.

Gotta bone ter pick with yeh. I've heard you've bin givin' out signed photos. How come I haven't got one?

People come from around the world and can understand each other without even speaking the same languages!