Show me a man or a woman alone and I'll show you a saint. Give me two and they'll fall in love. Give me three and they'll invent the charming thing we call 'society'. Give me four and they'll build a...
She had never dreamed there could be so much pain in a life when there was nothing physically wrong. She hurt all the time.
Sarcastic people tend to be marshmallows underneath the armor
Resistance to change is proportional to how much the future might be altered by any given act.
Religion is the theological equivalent of a quick-buck insurance scam, where you pay in your premium year after year, and then, when you need the benefits you paid for so—pardon the pun—so religiously...
People say that where there’s life, there’s hope, and I have no quarrel with that, but I also believe the reverse.There is hope, therefore I live.
Passing time adds false memories and modifies real ones.
Only library books speak with such wordless eloquence of the power good stories hold over us.
Only children tell the whole truth, you know. That's what makes them children.
My father had taught me - mostly by example - that if a man wanted to be in charge of his life, he had to be in charge of his problems.
McVries seemed not to have heard. These things, they don't even bear the weight of conversation, he said, J.D. Salinger...John Knowles...even James Kirkwood and that guy Don Bredes...they've destroyed...
Maybe there aren't any such things as good friends or bad friends - maybe there are just friends, people who stand by you when you're hurt and who help you feel not so lonely. Maybe they're always wor...
Man has come to dominate the planet thanks to two essential traits. One is intelligence. The other has been the absolute willingness to kill anyone and anything that gets in his way.
Like some dogs: kick them once and they never trust you again, no matter how nice you are to them.
Life is a crap carnival with shit prizes.
Kindle, isn’t it? the waitress asked. I got one for Christmas, and I love it. I’m reading my way through all of Jodi Picoult’s books. Oh, probably not all of them, Wesley said. Huh? Why not? She’s pro...
Jesus watches from the wall,But his face is cold as stone,And if he loves meAs she tells meWhy do I feel so all alone?
I’m not particularly keen on writing which exhaustively describes the physical characteristics of the people in the story and what they’re wearing… I can always get a J. Crew catalogue… …So spare me,...
It's alright to feel fear, but sometimes a very bad idea to show it.
It'll be your damnation, boy. You'll wear out a hundred pairs of boots on your way to hell.