Superstition is just fantasy with attitude; it's a way of erroneously trying to control events.

Just trying to do something - just being there, showing up - is how we get braver. Self-esteem is about doing.

When in doubt, do the obvious.

Adulthood was invented to repair the wounds of childhood.

It's not unusual for kids in their twenties to be mad at their parents.

The American notion of family is perhaps the most romanticized, deep-rooted, and misery-producing fantasy of the last hundred years.

Getting enough of what you want without depriving anyone else is the ultimate act of selfishness and sanity.

She's an idiot. She's looking at life through a selfish, lusty haze.

You're much more interesting when you're online - all of us are.

You don't need a reason to divorce someone you can't stand.

It does no good to be right, if what you're craving is wrong.

I love the confidence that makeup gives me.

You can't make a difference, if you don't know what it is.

Even in the most market-obsessed society, we're still spending half of our time on something other than just getting cash.

You have a choice of trusting the natural stability of gold, or the honesty and intelligence of members of government.

There's nothing wrong with losing your temper for the right reasons.

Don't be a drag. Just be a queen.

Sometimes in this life, under the stress of an exceptional emotion, people do say what they think.

The easy, gentle, and sloping path . . . is not the path of true virtue. It demands a rough and thorny road.

You have no idea how much the last few days have meant to me," I began. "Meeting you has been the best thing that's ever happened to me.

We need the courage to start and continue what we should do, and courage to stop what we shouldn't do.