It was like trying to bail out an ocean of water with a teaspoon.

You always knew after shitty things happened, who your friends really were.

I never lose sight of the fact that before I was a writer, I was a teacher. I still am. My classroom's just gotten a little bigger.

You figured that the only way I'd be happy is if I did the things you thought would be best for me.

The problem was , you never heard anyone say,"wow, check out the brain on that babe.

I ...understand how a parent might hit a child- it's because you can look into their eyes and see a reflection of yourself that you wish you hadn't.

You don't make peace only with G-d. You make it with people. Sin isn't global. It's personal. If you do wrong to someone, the only way to fix that is to go to that same person and do right by him.