I used to think I'd be just like them when I grew up, but I am not. And the thing is, somewhere along the way, I stopped wanting to be like them, anyway.

Sometimes you can see things happen right in front of your eyes and still jump to the wrong conclusions.

It takes two people to make a lie work: the person who tells it, and the one who believes it.

You can't pay a landlord in dogma.

We make messes of our lives, but every now and then, we manage to do something that's exactly right. The challenge is figuring out which is which.

You want to write something as good as what you've read.

Anna is the only proof I have that I was born into this family. Instead of dropped off on the doorstep by some Bonnie and Clyde couple that ran off into the night. On the surface, we’re polar opposites. Under the skin, though, we’re the same: people think they know what they’re getting, and they’re always wrong. (Jesse)