It's not the child's responsibility to teach the parent who they are. It's the parent's responsibility to learn who the child is.

I'm the luckiest unlucky person.

Not many people have had as much bad luck as I have, but not many people have had as much good luck, either.

I start crying when certain things come up, certain memories, certain feelings, and it's intense. But I think it's good for me - and therapeutic.

Life can very genuinely and realistically pile things on. It doesn't dole out the heartache and pain, or joy, perfectly.

When anything huge happens to me, I always think, this isn't my moment, this is a moment.

I love devastating movies, documentaries and hummingbirds (yes, in that order).

When I couldn't get ahold of cigarettes, I'd roll coffee grounds into typing paper and smoke that and then vomit.

My age makes all my wrinkles and gray hair make sense.

I didn't know whether I'd be attractive to anybody.

I didn't have an interest in school at all and was getting in trouble all the time.

To not be photographed daily, even by oneself, to not be recorded and videoed and dispersed into the turbulent winds of the net, was to court nonexistence.

As far as we could tell, the face of the revolution was a sea of embroidering women, patiently waiting the resignation of their repressive governor.

Being a husband is a whole-time job.

Every living thing is a sort of imperialist, seeking to transform as much as possible of its environment into itself.

I must be the mate of the man I had chosen; and if he would not come to my level, I must go to his.

We know that you must be very Upset and sad But just to let you know That we are here for you Should you need Help and support At this very sad and hard time That you must be going through

You can tell German wine from vinegar by the label.

He who is unable to spend a long time together in prayer, should often lift up his mind to God by short prayers.

He whom passion rules, is bent to meet his death.

There is no way that writers can be tamed and rendered civilized. Or even cured.