How foolish it is to run away with a man who's already run away with someone else.

You can believe something really hard,' Faith says, 'and still be wrong.

When you think you're right, you're most likely wrong.

My high school guidance counselor, Mrs. Inverholl, once had me take an aptitude test to figure out my future. The number one job recommendation for my set of skills was an air traffic accident investigator, of which there are fewer than fifty in the world. The number two job was a museum curator for Chinese-American studies. The number three job was a circus clown.

As it turns out, you can function while your heart is being torn to shreds.

Joseph Obomsawin, the elder I lived with there, says that those who turn to animals do so because humans have let them down.

so i do what i do best. i move in the opposite direction.