I used to be embarrassed by my mom, but now I know what she is-she's a hero.

I like a lot of things that aren't good for me.

I just think about how saying that you love someone can make your heart feel like some sort of brownie sundae, warm, gooey, sweet and good.

Why are there no names for the abscence of things? Why is there no name for the abscence of humanity?

I’m not a damsel and there is no distress

What I have learned lately is that people deal with death in all sorts of ways. Some of us fight against it, doing everything we can to make it not true. Some of us lose our selves to grief. Some of us lose ourselves to anger.

There is no easy off button for your brain.It would be really really nice if there were.