Feel it, deal with it, then throw it away

You cannot be with someone just because you don’t want to hurt him. You have your own happiness to think about.

He realized this early on, and realized too that what people think are their lives are merely its conditions. The truth is closer than thought and lies buried in what we already know.

The simple rule: some get saved, but most don't. The choices are important before the years begin to go so very fast.

Painting seems an old man's business. After a certain time you're out of it, and you just paint masterpieces.

Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door!” Quoth the raven, “Nevermore.

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

Enjoy your relationship with your boyfriend and don't worry about the people or situations you dream about. Once you wake up, they're over; let them go.

I was one of those little girls who practiced signing autographs since I was 5 years old.

Ten properties of an object, according to Leonardo: light and dark, color and substance, form and position, distance and nearness, movement and stillness.

Most of us have enough excuses to last a lifetime. The sooner we let go of them and get on with living, the better off we are.