Anger, though, is too fierce a flame to last for long, and when it burned out, I was left numb and wondering.

I wondered why the head could move so swiftly while the heart dragged its feet.

By definition, love made you better than good enough; it redefined perfection to include your traits, instead of excluding them.

when you want something so desperately, you shake with the need for it. you tell yourself that you don't need more than one sip, because it's just the taste you crave, and once it's on your tongue you will be able to make it last alifetime. you dream of it at night. you see a thousand mile-high obstacles between where you stand and what you want, and you convince yourself you have the power to hurdle them. you tell yourself this even when, leaping the first block, you wind up bruised and bloodied and flattened.

Any time you put on the mouthpiece of somebody that you're not, there's a professional responsibility to get it right. I did a great deal of research in both of those arenas.

Hope and reality lie in inverse proportions.

You would be surprised at the lengths you will go to believe the best about someone if you truly love him