It was as if Hannah had sprung a leak and her character, usually so meticulous and contained, was spilling all over the place.

I hate how the people who really get you are the ones you can never hold on to for very long. And the ones who don’t understand you at all stick around.

People had an illogical, self-serving rationale when it came to interpreting the behavior of others.

Not returning phone calls is the severest form of torture in the civilized world.

Always live your life with your biography in mind.

Sovereign. Deadly. Perfect.

It's a common feeling for people to feel intermittent antipathy toward individuals they're familiar with.

Within every elaborate lie, a kernel of truth.

He said you couldn't pretend the terrible things in life didn't happen. You can't clean it up. You keep all the refuse and the scars. It's how you learn. And try to make improvements.

Making love to Aurelia was like rummaging through a card catalog in a deserted library, searching for one very obscure, little-read entry on Hungarian poetry.

For every man there exists bait he cannot resist swallowing.

Sometimes you just need the comforts of home, the familiarity of your own family bed and only the pampering a mother can do.

I guess the breakfast burritos are going to have some extra protein in the morning.

No matter how hard you think that you are pushing, there is always more left in you to turn your drive up a notch. Vow to continuously impress your inner positive self.

What is the happiness ? Is it really happiness ? Nothing stable, just happen, stay and decay... Everything is impermanence, dissatisfaction and nothing can ever belong to itself

Hey birthers, wanna hear my theory? My theory was that Obama was born in America and you were born with the umbilical cord around your neck.

Together, we will have one great American future. Our potential is unlimited. We will be one people, under one God, saluting one American flag.

It's a terrible thing when a person dies, whatever the circumstances. A hole opens up in the world, and we need to pay the proper respects. If we don't, the hole will never be filled in again.

Sadness of love without release.

Great things happen when you have the courage to be yourself

I used to have an imaginary friend named Michael.