I'm always prepared for the worst.

You would be amazed by what you can give up, lose, or break, and yet still be a person who gets happy over brownies.

...handsome people are always interesting to watch. But a handsome person in crisis is riveting.

You need to grab your dream out of the sky like it's a kite and pinch the string through your fingers until you reach the spool.

I myself am made entirely of flaws, stitched together with good intentions.

I can't tell you how much I love Target and Costco, that kind of culture, because it's something I never felt a part of. I've always felt like a tourist because I have never fit in anywhere.

Should I just sit down, right here at carousel seven, and shake until somebody's arms are around me and they're saying, 'It's okay, I'm here, I'm here, come with me to the institute.

You are allowed to be alive. You are allowed to be somebody different. You are allowed to not say goodbye to anybody or explain a single thing to anyone, ever.

His laugh is made if porch swings and lemonade

But I can also write in crappy motel rooms, while standing in line, or sitting in the dentist's chair.

I wouldn't want to waste any of my brain cells on forgiving if it's holding me back.

After failure, don't worry much. There will always be more opportunities and second chances.

For a moment his eyes locked onto me with an intensity that left me breathless.

Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein.

The place where you are now is vital. The path toward victory opens from where you stand.

Sins cut boldly up through every class in society, but mere misdemeanours show a certain level in life.

I made 5,127 prototypes of my vaccum before I got it right. There were 5,126 failures. But I learned from each one. That’s how I came up with a solution. So I don’t mind failure.

England was never my home. I had a home there but Dublin is my home so leaving Ireland was the hardest thing I had to do.

I cannot give active support in the war effort without denying a life-time of practice.

To say a prayer is not enough. One has to believe that it's possible for that prayer to be heard.

One of the things I have had to focus on, in order to move forward, is not being a stunt monkey.