You cannot be a prisoner of your past against your will. Because you can only live in the past inside your mind.

The Schnauzer listens to jazz. I listen to jazz because he likes it, and I have even gone to jazz concerts with him, but truthfully I would rather listen to retarded children pounding on pan lids with wooden spoons.

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

There is no shame in being hungry for another person. There is no shame in wanting very much to share your life with somebody.

I did not consider him to be any kind of a genius. I considered him deeply lacking in the area that mattered most in life. Star quality.

Before I'm a writer, I'm definitely a reader and when I read memoir, I really want it to be true.

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