The mansion was as silent as I wished the inside of my head could be. No noise – not even a ragged inhale of breath or a whispered word. Truly blissful.

A soft smile curved up her lips, and my gut dropped a little. A smile…I’d never known a smile could have that kind of effect. Could feel like a kick to the chest.

We are selfish, my illness and I. We think only of ourselves. We shape the world around us into messages, into secret whispers spoken only for us.

I didn't go to Harvard because I thought they had good academics. I went because they had crappy enough sports so they'd let me play.

Comedy is so hard to do, so it was very cool to do dead pan humor.

If others are happy, we will be happy. If others suffer, ultimately we all suffer.

If one finds oneself with bread in both hands, that person should exchange one loaf for some flowers of the narcissus, because the loaf feeds the body, but the flowers feed the soul.

We don't do everything the same way we always did it. We just don't.

We wouldn't survive if people didn't trust us.

Possibly because I grew up not feeling very confident about my own physical appearance, I developed internal devices so that I could integrate into society.

North Korea is willing to go to any lengths for the whole world to honor its demands of 'Ooh, please pay attention to us.'