Only the young and stupid are confident about sex and romance.

Big deal. So you fell in love with someone. Don’t you see what happened? This guy touched a place in your heart deeper than you thought you were capable of reaching, I mean you got zapped, kiddo. But that love you felt, that’s just the beginning. You just got a taste of love. That’s just limited little rinky-dink mortal love. Wait till you see how much more deeply you can love than that. Heck, Groceries—you have the capacity to someday love the whole world. It’s your destiny. Don’t laugh.

Smile with face, smile with mind, and good energy will come to you and clean away dirty energy.

And what will I be able to do tomorrow that I cannot yet do today?

The mosquitoes here are big enough to rape a chicken.

I've read that under trauma, that you have this ability to kind of disconnect from the experience.

In Venice in the Middle Ages there was once a profession for a man called a codega--a fellow you hired to walk in front of you at night with a lit lantern, showing you the way, scaring off thieves and demons, bringing you confidence and protection through the dark streets.