It's not right for one friend to do all the giving and the other to do all the taking: that's not real friendship.

There has to be pain. That's the rule.

It's a question of attitude. If you really work at something you can do it up to a point. If you really work at being happy you can do it up to a point. But anything more than that you can't. Anything more than that is luck.

Loneliness becomes an acid that eats away at you.

Among the many values in life, I appreciate freedom most.

I’m me, and at the same time not me. That’s what it felt like. A very still, quiet feeling.

My point is: in this whole wide world the only person you can depend on is you.