Maybe the new me will be different.

How is it possible for me to be so miserable and embarrassed and humiliated and beaten an function still talk and smile and concentrate?

Why is life so difficult? Why can't we be just ourselves and have everyone accept us the way we are?

I’m really cracking. No, I’m beyond cracking. I’m shattered. I’m lost. I’m fragmented.

They have accepted me as an individual, as a personality, as an entity. I belong! I am important! I am somebody!

I’ve got to sleep. Sleep is my only way to escape.

The voice of every kid hooked on drugs, alcohol or the occult joins the sad chorus "Not me! I didn't think it could ever happen to me. I was sure I could handle it.

Alone. The saddest word in the world.

I'm not really sure which parts of myself are real and which parts are things I've gotten from books.

She didn't know whether she was running away from something or running to something, but she admitted that deep in her heart she wanted to go home.

I feel like Alice in Wonderland. Maybe Lewis G Carroll was on drugs too.

Those who try may not fail

I'm an Afro-realist. I take what comes, and I do my best to affect what is unacceptable in society.

If we make provision for sinning tomorrow, we will be sinning tomorrow.

Thank God there were a couple of people in my life who said, "Go on, go on - you can do it!

I don't like American girls. They're very conceited, you know. In Europe they're more pleasant.

Given a choice between a folly and a sacrament, one should always choose the folly—because we know a sacrament will not bring us closer to god and there’s always the chance that a folly will.

A chic guy is in a suit. I don't care what kind of tie they wear. I don't care if they even wear a tie, as long as they can carry a suit.

No human being can destroy the structure of a marriage except the two who made it. It is the one human edifice that is impregnable except from within.

Let perseverance be your engine and hope your fuel.

If it takes a hundred years, it will be a pity, but I will not cease to work for it as long as I live.