No one knows you like a person with whom you've shared a childhood. No one will ever understand you in quite the same way.

Here's the thing about luck...you don't know if it's good or bad until you have some perspective.

What men yearn for they often destroy.

Pride is a funny thing; it can make what is truly worthless appear to be a treasure.

Sometimes the right thing feels all wrong until it is over and done with.

I read everything of Ray Bradbury when I was 12 or 13, and I think that's the most effective time to read Bradbury. He built such a moral world, where you have to make decisions and grow up.

Avoid men who call you Baby, and women who have no friends, and dogs that scratch at their bellies and refuse to lie down at your feet. Wear dark glasses; bathe with lavender oil and cool fresh water. Seek shelter from the sun at noon.