You can't be beautiful," Brandy says about a thousand times, "until you feel beautiful.

She drank a glass of wine and looked for something new to ruin with her lack of talent.

Recycling and speed limits are bullshit. They're like someone who quits smoking on his deathbed.

And it's funny how when somebody saves you, the first thing you want to do is save other people. All other people. Everybody. The kid never knew the man's name. But he never forgot that smile. "Hero" isn't the first word, but it's the first word that comes to mind.

You'll need to suffer to make any real art.

Her voice makes me think of her mouth makes me think of her breath makes me think of her breasts.

For years now, I've wanted to fall asleep. The sort of slipping off, the giving up, the falling part of sleep. Now sleeping is the last thing I want to do.