they have seen the likes of you before, they may be intrigued by the looks of you, but they know that you-like everyone else-will leave them in the end.

and it is hard to let go, to imagine alternatives, but you are bold with unknowing, you are ready to explore.

the goal is to keep yourself moving, remember? don't linger. don't hover. you are not going to stay.

my own chocolate center has filled up with poison, the roses he gave me all twisted black

Next to genius is the power of feeling where true genius lies.

Testifying doesn't mean you're bragging.

Anyone who has accustomed himself to regard the life of any living creature as worthless is in danger of arriving also at the idea of worthless human lives.

I don't like having feelings," Eric said coldly, and he left. That was a tough exit line to top.

The provision is in the promises.

You have to be ready to give everything you have, and you have to make sure you've really got a lot to give. Because if ... you're not ready to give everything you have, ... then you're nothin'.

Most people assume that women are responsible for households and child care. Most couples operate that way - not all. That fundamental assumption holds women back.

Music can take you back in time to that place when you first fell in love and really haunt you.

My music has been a sort of personal therapy. It's got me out of tough times, it has been the friend that I needed, when I didn't have a friend there.

Libraries never let us forget who we are, for their worth stands by the knowledge they keep and save for us.