I’m only human, she told herself. There’s not enough room in my heart for everyone.

Sooner or later we all lose our loved ones. We all have to suffer, every last one of us.

It just took some people a little longer than others to realize how few words they needed to get by, how much of life they could negotiate in silence.

Apparently even the most awful tragedies, and the people they'd ruined, got a little stale after a while.

These days he was like a zombie, all grim business, just another jerk with an erection.

That’s why we get involved with other people, right? Not just for their bodies, but for everything else, too – their dreams and their scars and their stories.

It’s a matter of dignity, ” the Chief explained. “At a certain point, that’s all you have left.

I’ve matured. I have a much higher tolerance for boredom.

He knew for a fact that it was possible to fall and just keep falling.

Everything I know, I know because of love.

Words only reveal half of your heart. Service defines the other half. Character is the combination of the two.

Some people's blameless lives are to blame for a good deal.

Life with most teenagers was like having a low-grade bladder infection. It hurts, but you had to tough it out.

I would like to be called an inspiration to people, not a role model - because I make mistakes like everybody else. When I'm offstage, I'm just like everybody else.

Do you ever wonder whether people would like you more or less if they could see inside you?

Would I have fired me? Knowing me? No.

Selling is not a static activity.

Stay in the game until the end of time.

I can't say that I've made the transition to movies.