Maybe you don't have to remember something for it to be true. For it to exist.

It's just the end of some things. And the beginning of others.

Once you read something, you can't erase it from your brain.

The Thickety is a sinister, magical debut with a marvelous and shocking heroine. J.A. White’s elegant writing and masterful plot kept me turning pages late into the night.

Hippie said he couldn't stay. Be back tomorrow -Love,Mom

Because there's no way on earth she's going to make it through college unless she grows some serious ovaries and turns this train wreck around

Carrie doesn't seem to talk about anything with sharp edges. Maybe she's afraid they might poke her and then she'd burst.

And then they kiss. Slowly, gently. Because with the right person, sometimes kissing feels like healing.

I know i'll screw up. But i'll keep trying, as long as you let me.

Go force your condescending man-logic on the next house. You can go now.

Get me outa here. F*ckin' creepy cheerleaders.

Essential characteristic of the really great novelist: a Christ-like all-embracing compassion.

The spirits made her sick, and I don't just mean the Scotch.

After graduation, I took a job with Manufacturers Hanover Trust in software development. I don't think I was there more than a month.

The last thing I want is to walk into my house after a long day and see all the Grammys and awards. It would make me feel weird.

I'm just being the artist that I would have loved if I was a child.

Born? Hell, Babe Ruth wasn't born. He fell from a tree.

Be more concerned with everybody else than yourself.

It's difficult to oppress people who have a sense of identity and unity, he says. Our struggle is about being seen as human beings trying to earn our daily bread.

In my experience a painting is not made with colors and paint at all. I don't know what a painting is; who knows what sets off even the desire to paint?

Gluttony is not a secret vice.