...it is love, imperfect and unordered, that keeps them apart, even as it holds them somehow together...

Depression is not sobbing and crying and giving vent, it is plain and simple reduction of feeling.

And if you ever do a survey, you'll find that people prefer illusion to reality, ten to one. Twenty, even.

People that keep stiff upper lips find that it's hard to smile.

Make notes—I’ve lost more material than I’ve ever written. Contrary to popular opinion, it’s not still up there in one’s brain. It’s in outer space and it ain’t coming back.

Autonomy is the whole thing; it's what unhappy people are missing. They have given the power to run their lives to other people.

Some people have an unrealistic expectation when it comes to getting published; the fact is most publishers will turn down your work which is why you need to be persistent.

Writers don't write to inform other people, they write to find out something themselves.

Feeling is not selective, I keep telling you that. You can’t feel pain, you aren’t gonna feel anything else, either.

Make peace with what is.

I think living the blessed life is the luck of the draw.

We all know that scientific words need an obscure classical origin to make them sound impressvie to those who wouldn't know an idiopathic craniofacial erythema if it hit them in the face.

I know you exist not just because your eyes flyand give light to things like an open window

This Congress is simply not doing its job under Republican leadership.

It was my Uncle George who discovered that alcohol was a food well in advance of modern medical thought.

I think every student needs access to technology, and I think technology can be a hugely important vehicle to help level the playing field.

I was a very bad student. I didn't know what I wanted to do, but I knew I didn't want to go farther in school. I hated school and was always the bad one; I was always insulting the teachers.

The best armor is to keep out of gunshot.

And I am a weapon of massive consumption And it's not my fault, it's how I'm programmed to function.

If we as a people realized the greatness from which we came we would be less likely to disrespect ourselves.

My brother had boxes of comic books. He was really the collector.