Part of me believes that love is more valuable when you have to work for it.

The more obsessed one is with getting thin, the more certain it becomes that one will never get there.

Although I was able to maintain a pleasant expression, I was mentally throwing up in her face.

This is what you should know about losing someone you love. They do not travel alone. You go with them.

As a child, I was never drawn toward depraved or extreme situations; I really wanted a normal little childhood. Unfortunately, that's just not what happened.

I don't think writers - in general - ever achieve the fame of movie stars. For the simple reason that only a fraction of the population reads. But I guess there are exceptions.

I felt a bottomless sadness. So completely alone. Like one of my stuffed animals at home that I was too old for now, that sat on the shelf in my closet, mashed against the back wall.