There are the most fantastic, beautiful things and people out there. It’s up to you to find them.

Are these things really better than the things I already have? Or am I just trained to be dissatisfied with what I have now?

It's not love or anything, but I think I like you, too.

We've all been raised on television to believe that one day we'd all be millionaires, and movie gods, and rock stars. But we won't. And we're slowly learning that fact. And we're very, very pissed off.

The greatest weapon any warrior can carry into battle is absolute certainty of her eternal soul.

Why do I do anything?' she says. 'I'm educated enough to talk myself out of any plan. To deconstruct any fantasy. Explain away any goal. I'm so smart I can negate any dream.

A writer’s job is to cultivate what can go wrong.