Marla's philosophy of life, she told me, is that she can die at any moment. The tragedy of her life is that she doesn't.

I wanted to destroy everything beautiful I'd never have.

If you worry about disaster all the time, that's what you're going to get.

You have to jump into disaster with both feet.

I am Jack's complete lack of surprise. I am Jack's Broken Heart.

The same way a compact disk isn't responsible for what's recorded on it, that's how we are. You're about as free to act as a programmed computer. You're about as one-of-a-kind as a dollar bill.

Men are destroyed for being rebellious, and women destroy themselves by failing to be rebellious. Unless you can make that next jump to either getting along with people or resisting people, you are ultimately destroying yourself.