it's okay to be addicted to beauty, " Mom says, all dreamy. "Emerson said 'beauty is God's handwriting.

When people fall in love, they burst into flames.

People die, I think, but your relationship with them doesn't. It continues and is ever-changing.

You have to see the miracles for there to be miracles.

Reality is crushing. The world is a wrong-sized shoe. How can anyone stand it?

I have to go, " I say, helpless.What makes you say the opposite of what every cell in your body wants you to say?

Mom has a massive sunflower for a soul so big there's hardly any room in her for organs.

The worst thing that could ever happen to Noah has happened. He's become normal.

SELF PORTRAIT: Throwing Armfuls of Air into the Air

And I see that his brown eye has a splash of green in it and the green one a splash of brown. Like Cezanne painted them. Impressionist eyes.

Nor that he's regarding my face with the same intensity I am his. We're two paintings staring at each other across a room.

We live in a system that espouses merit, equality, and a level playing field, but exalts those with wealth, power, and celebrity, however gained.

My relationship with him was defined by these complex emotions, this mixture of gratitude and resentment.

Nothing can be gained by extensive study and wide reading. Give them up immediately.

The Universe has gifted us with abundance of everything, whether it’s love, happiness or prosperity. We should tap into the higher frequency to receive it.

Your soul is powerful and wise. With the support of Divine love, and the assistance of the angels, you have the power to create the highest vision of your life.

She loved him, even though it was so hard to love anybody else after loving my dad. I think I knew this before she did.

Happiness is experienced when your life gives you what you are willing to accept.

This is appalling. The idea that a person could be punished because of their religious belief and the idea they might be executed is just beyond belief.

The American language differs from the English in that it seeks the top of expression while English seeks its lowly valleys.

Be careful who you share your weakness with. Some people can't wait for the opportunity to use them against you.