That's how a good story works. It changes how you feel. It brings you to a greater appreciation, a greater joy, of your own existence.

HELLO! Look at me. HELLO! I am so ZEN. This is BLOOD. This is NOTHING. Hello. Everything is nothing, and it's so cool to be ENLIGHTENED. Like me.

Part of her doing suicide intervention is my caseworker has to mix me another gin and tonic.

People don't listen, they just wait for their turn to talk.

It's so hard to forget pain, but it's even harder to remember sweetness. We have no scar to show for happiness. We learn so little from peace.

I'm living the life I love, I tell myself, and loving the life I live. I tell myself: I deserved this. This is exactly what I wanted.

You gain power by pretending to be weak. By contrast, you make people feel strong. You save people by letting them save you.