When we make choices, we open ourselves up to hard work and failure and heartbreak, so sometimes it feels easier not to know, not to choose, and not to do. But it isn't.

It’s the people we hardly know, and not our closest friends, who will improve our lives most dramatically

Doing something later is not automatically the same as doing something better

The more you use your brain, the more brain you will have to use. "—George A. Dorsey, anthropologist

I wasn't scared of losing my past. i was scared of losing my future.

As we age, we feel less like leaves and more like trees. We have roots that ground us and sturdy trunks that may sway, but don't break, in the wind.

I think part of making any decision in your twenties is realizing there is no twenty-four flavor table. It's a myth.

Life stories with themes of ruin can trap us. Life stories that are triumphant can transform us.

She wanted to lose herself in him. To tie his arms around her like a tourniquet.If she showed him how much she needed him, he'd run away.

I can't escape reality but my mind can twist it for me. Therefore, mind can manipulate things.

he who feeds you, controls you

A bartender is just a pharmacist with a limited inventory.

I always wanted to perform.

As everyone knows, nothing is sweeter than tiny baby fingers and chubby baby toes.

Women can always be caught; that's the first rule of the game.

What I find is most people have a civics book understanding for how Congress works and how a bill moves.

Yeah, there's some unlikely beasts in the world, and it's best to stay near the ones that you've bought drinks for.

I'm praying for healing for our nation. For retaliation that yields constructive results. Peaceful protests. We need each other.