We don't want you convicted for condiment theft. You go to that prison, you'll meet big-time operators. Maple syrup stealers.

Marriage is like a well-built porch. If one of the two posts leans too much, the porch collapses. So each must be strong enough to stand on its own.

...wanting things for the wrong reasons can turn anyone's life into a marshmallow on a stick over a hot fire: impossibly messy and eventually consumed, one way or another.

That's what people do who love you. They put their arms around you and love you when you're not so lovable.

The loneliness you feel with another person, the wrong person, is the loneliest of all.

You've got to say what you mean and mean what you say...Doubt in your voice is an open door people will shove right through.

You've got to have someone who loves your body. Who doesn't define you, but sees you. Who loves what he sees. Who you don't have to struggle to be good enough for.

We can get so wrapped up in our own misconceptions that we miss the simple beauty of the truth.

It was one of those times you feel a sense of loss, even though you didn't have something in the first place. I guess that's what disappointment is- a sense of loss for something you never had.

If time heals all wounds, and a book can hold a person's entire life, then you can speed up the process with a pulp time warp.

To an untrained eye, need and love were as easily mistaken for each other as the real master's painting and a forgery.

Our past sins, our fractured lives--soon nothing but drowned stars in dark skies.

A law of life: at the precise instant when someone tells a truth, that truth is transformed into a story

I like bawdy humor. I love bawdy humor, but not dirty humor.

Drosselmeier had unwittingly exposed himself to an overdose of reality, and it had destroyed his reason.

Sometimes I think that a parody of democracy could be more dangerous than a blatant dictatorship, because that gives people an opportunity to avoid doing anything about it.

In presence, there is no right or wrong, because there is no duality. There is no judgment.

Some days seem to fit together like a stained glass window. A hundred little pieces of different color and mood that, when combined, create a complete picture.

Profit for a company is like oxygen for a person. If you don't have enough of it, you're out of the game. But if you think your life is about breathing, you're really missing something.

Don't be afraid to go to the Sacrament of Confession, where you will meet Jesus who forgives you.

I learned: the first lesson of my life: nobody can face the world with his eyes open all the time.