I had no idea what I wanted, only that I wanted something, which is the worst kind of wanting.

It feels like I am wasting time. I mean, that's always the case. My life doesn't add up to anything.

What a strange phrase — –not seeing other people. As if it’s been constructed to be a lie. We see other people all the time. The question is what we do about it.

It's only in the finer points that it gets complicated and contentious, the inability to realize that no matter what our religion or gender or race or geographic background, we all have about 98 percent in common with each other.... For whatever reason, we like to focus on the 2 percent that's different, and most of the conflict in the world comes from that.

I try to convince myself that it's the alcohol talking. But alcohol can't talk. It just sits there. It can't even get itself out of the bottle.

He was attractive. I knew that. And I knew that attractive people always got away with things.

I find my greatest strengths in wanting ti be strong. I find my greatest bravery in deciding to be brave.