Whoever said it was better to have loved and lost was completely full of shit.

Maybe I could dole out the truth in tiny pieces that, once assembled, would make a picture that resembled a reality in which I hadn’t done anything wrong.

Monsters don’t get happy endings.

I laugh as an unfamiliar feeling envelops me. I think it might be happiness.

The world needs more beautiful things.

I go back for seconds and thirds and fourths and fifths, when it’s good. Just not if it means some guy gets to put a leash on me.

To me, Mother Nature isn't nearly as scary as human nature.

You have more power than you think. Be careful what you do with it.

The world is full of holes and uneven seams, wrinkled places that you can’t make smooth, no matter how hard you try.

Time doesn’t heal anything. It’s like drinking. The best it can do is help you forget, if you’re lucky.

How do you make me smile when it seems like there’s nothing in the whole world to smile about?

Life is not something that "has" meaning. It's something we give meaning to. You don't "end up" with a meaningful life, you create it.

God is no 3-second lover

Why is it, " she asked, snuggling closer, "that I so often imagine myself running away and running free?

Being lucky in love might be less a matter of luck and more a matter of paying attention.

Life is a freak. That’s its hope and glory.

You can't eat your friends and have them too

Doesn't reincarnation strike you as just another form of procrastination?

This is a world of process, not a world of things.

Everything happens when it's supposed to.

Maybe life is a board game, but I never get to roll the dice.