In fact, not forgiving is like drinking rat poison and then waiting for the rat to die.

I naturally prefer the company of people who hold grudges, as long as they are not held against me.

Certainty is missing the point entirely.

I've given guys blow jobs just because I've run out of things to talk about.' Oh, Rae. Who hasn't

My mother's eyes were large and brown, like my son's, but unlike Sam's, they were always frantic, like a hummingbird who can't quite find the flower but keeps jabbing around.

...since you can't heal your own sick mind with your own sick mind, I needed to consult somebody else's sick mind.

Write straight into the emotional center of things. Write toward vulnerability. Don't worry about appearing sentimental. Worry about being unavailable; worry about being absent or fraudulent.