Real is better, The truth is better. Painful but better.

The stars are on the inside. They are effing beautiful.

If you don't want a generation of robots, fund the arts!

Asking's the easy bit. Then there's everything that comes after.

My dad was a magician too. Got in his car and disappeared.

You’re not like other girls, you know that, right?’ Ed asks.‘I’ve been aware of the problem, ’ I tell him.

Kept dreaming of this spot she had on her neck, this tiny country. I wanted to visit, to paint a picture of what I found there, a wall with a road map of her skin.

Don't go confusing stupidity with guts.

Do many guys ask you out twice?""Only the ones with balls.

I spent the weekend after our date wishing I could stab him with my fluffy-duck pen and staring at the phone hoping he'd call. Dating is a very tricky business.

Tonight’s going to be one of those things that seem to last forever.

Normal life is presentable. In normal life, you clean up the kitchen and keep your balcony tidy and take care of your children. It's hard work--harder than one might think.

Life is not a test or a competition. We only compete with ourselves.

It's a peculiar kind of dissatisfaction, a bittersweet nostalgia for a moment not yet past.

Yes, they mean well, but the only good that an absence of malice guarantees is a clear conscience.

God gave us dreams, but he gave us kids to make all those dreams worthwhile. And when I look at all my kids, I say everything that I've ever went through in my life was worthwhile.

I'm a busy guy but I set aside quiet time every morning and every evening to keep my equilibrium centered on my own path. I don't like being swayed by anything that might be negative or damaging.

If there is another me inside of me Then I hope that he's a better person than I am

But sweetly and discreetly love passes from person to person, from heart to heart, or it is nothing worth.

Your ability to work with people directly affects your ability to get work done in the world.

Love conquers in the long run. It won't do to become impatient - wait, wait - patience is bound to give success. . . .