Your gender identity is who you are. Sexual identity is who you bounce that off of.

Grief is depression in proportion to circumstance; depression is grief out of proportion to circumstance.

It is nearly impossible to hate anyone whose story you know.

The opposite of depression is not happiness, but vitality, and it was vitality that seemed to seep out of me.

We cannot bear a pointless torment, but we can endure great pain if we believe that it's purposeful.

A sense of humor is the best indicator that you will recover; it is often the best indicator that people will love you. Sustain that and you have hope.

I can see the beauty of glass objects fully at the moment when they slip from my hand

I believe that words are strong, that they can overwhelm what we fear when fear seems more awful than life is good.

We don't seek the painful experiences that hew our identities, but we seek our identities in the wake of painful experiences.

Life is enriched by difficulty; love is made more acute when it requires exertion.

When you believe that you cannot stitch your own heart back together, go to work on the hearts of other people; there is no surer way to repair yourself than to repair them.

She's only a girl. What kind of men are you?''Dead ones?' asked Drith, who yanked the door open and put her sword through Narses' throat.

I'm funny because I'm funny. And there's more to offer.

Being picked for the Pro Bowl is a feeling I can't describe. I never thought I'd be out here as a rookie, so it's great.

I'm very much of the "make it dark, make it grim, make it tough", but then, for the love of God, tell a joke.

All well bred men should have mastered the art of singing and dancing.

Sincerity is the eventual deception of all great men.

I think all writers are different. I've been with a few writers; they're all different.

Nobody ever built a statue to a committee.

Saying 'no' or even 'stop' is the hallmark of the professional you want on your team.

Fear of the unknown is the greatest fear of all.