Oh. Listen, this is really hard for me . . . " "What is?" "You know. Being liked." I started to cry. I couldn't help it.

When you don't talk, there's a lot of stuff that ends up not getting said.

How could I pretend to be someone else when I was already failing at being the person I already was?

Sometimes,well,all the time,I can't think of what to say because I'm so dumb and stuff,and then maybe I think of it like five days later.

What is a staircase, but a corridor improved by elevation?

Today exists between yesterday and tomorrow.

She says you're not truly human until you've had your heart broken and you've broken someone's heart.

And if I didn’t, I’d spend the rest of my life wondering who I could have turned into if only I’d had the guts to try.

It kind of struck me how great it would be to go out with a guy that size. And if you, you know, got tired of dating him, you could always use him as a house or something.

I hate it when people make fun of me and it turns out they're right.

I ultimately decided to hold my tongue and settle instead for the comfort of ignorance. Not knowing the truth, I retained hope, and that hope I held like a smooth warm stone against my heart.

For some, excavating the past isn’t an adventure, it’s more akin to tearing a Band-Aid off an open wound.

I like to smile when its natural. I'm not mad or anything. That's my style.

Anyone know any long-term couples living three time zones apart?

We take one group of people and we demonize them. Trying to turn people against our Muslim friend and neighbors.

When people try to read between the lines - critics, they have a job. Their job is to make something bigger than it is.

But it is with a different kind of spell that art deludes you ... it leads you to pay religious honor and worship to images and pictures.

Weep for me. Bear my pain. Take my come. For I can give you nothing else.

True leadership must have follower-ship. Management styles can vary, but even an autocrat needs people who believe and simply don't follow from fear.

Nothing but stillness can remain when hearts are full Of their own sweetness, bodies of their loveliness.

In that sweet mood when pleasant thoughts bring sad thoughts to the mind.