Years of depression have robbed me of that—well, that give, that elasticity that everyone else calls perspective.

That is all I want in life: for this pain to seem purposeful.

I start to get the feeling that something is really wrong.

Everything's plastic, we're all going to die sooner or later, so what does it matter.

I admire Bruce Springsteen because he's a heroic person who has lots of integrity and has this incredible body of work that is so vital.

Depression is about as close as you get to somewhere between dead and alive, and it's the worst.

...occasionally I wished I could walk through a picture window and have the sharp, broken shards slash me to ribbons so I would finally look like I felt.

homesickness is just a state of mind for me. i'm always missing someone or someplace or something, i'm always trying to get back to some imaginary somewhere. my life has been one long longing.

Insanity is knowing that what you're doing is completely idiotic, but still, somehow, you just can't stop it.

The voices in my head, which I used to think were just passing through, seem to have taken up residence.

In life, single women are the most vulnerable adults. In movies, they are given imaginary power.

I am a writer. Therefore. I am not sane.

The sky calls to us. If we do not destroy ourselves, we will one day venture to the stars.

The sword of the scripture.

Nothing is more conductive to peace of mind than not having any opinions at all.

Be the spark.

You don’t have to speak at all—I know what you’d say…- Laura

People, you can never change the way they feel. Better let them do what they will. For they will, if you let them, steal your heart.

Realistic thinking is based on what others think is possible-but they are not you and have no way of knowing your potential and purposes

We live in a culture where the truth claims of Christianity are not only rejected, they are ridiculed.

Social conservatives say who drives the bus.