Decisions are beautiful. They are the evidence of thought and care. Decisions are the polishing cloths of life.

I'm grateful for a lot of things. One is not being a drunk wreck. Or losing all four limbs in some ridiculous East Village bus accident that I was so destined for.

It's weird - sort of not terribly wise - to take a book that was successful and then change its cover.

And in my mind, this settles the issue. I would never drink cologne, and am therefore not an alcoholic.

You manufacture beauty with your mind

and she's a nurse. do you know how hard nursing school is? it's like medical school. so she's obviously smart.

Nobody's trying to kill you, Deirdre. You're killing yourself.