When your existence is hell, death must be heaven.

On the other hand, I think cats have Asperger's. Like me, they're very smart. And like me, sometimes they simply need to be left alone.

When a freedom is taken away from you, I suppose, you recognize it as a privilege, not a right.

If you don't believe in yourself, and you don't have the fortitude to make that dream happen, why should the hotshots in the publishing world take a chance on you? I don't believe that you need an MFA to be a writer, but I do think you need to take some good workshops.

if i have gained anything over these months, it is the knowledge there is no starting over - only living with the mistakes you've made. but then, caleb taught me long ago you can't build anything without some sort of foundation. maybe we learn to live our lives by understanding, firsthand, how not to live them.

I believe that having something to hope for - even if it's just a better tomorrow- is the most powerful drug on this planet.

When we're awake, we see what we need to see. When we're asleep, we see what is really there.