Why are you being so mean?”“Friends tell friends the truth.”“Yeah, but not to hurt. To help.

I want to go to sleep and not wake up, but I don’t want to die.

I am beginning to measure myself in strength, not pounds. Sometimes in smiles.

In one aspect, yes, I believe in ghosts, but we create them. We haunt ourselves.

No, I am never setting foot in this house again it scares me and makes me sad and I wish you could be a mom whose eyes worked but I don't think you can.

Emma is a mattress who got thrown off the truck when her parents split up. It's not like you can blame a mattress when people don't tie it down tight enough.

I'm learning how to taste everything.

Why are you being so mean?""Friends tell friends the truth.""yeah, but not to hurt, to help.

Dr. StupidParker says that when I'm sad it really means I'm angry and when I'm angry it really means I'm afraid.

Eating was hard.Breathing was hard. Living was hardest.

I drift into the armpits of strangers, tasting their manic salt, and sleep to forget everything.

Two basic principles

I love Louisiana. It's amazing.

If I can't picture it, I can't understand it.

If people want go-along, get-along politics, I am not their guy.

Love God. Live Called. It's not just devotional, it's vocational!

The world speaks of holy things in the only language it knows, which is worldly language.

What is written is more influential than what is said.

And so I say to you and to others around the world, whether they wish us well or ill - do not underestimate us Americans. We lack neither strength nor wisdom.

It's a shame to be caught up in something that doesn't absolutely make you tremble with joy.

I'm going to go away on vacation, I'm going to try to get away from the phone, away from scripts. I think it's important to sit back and think about what you want