The brain of a person in love will show activity in the amygdala, which is associated with gut feelings, and in the nucleus accumbens, an area associated with rewarding stimuli that tends to be active in drug abusers. Or, to recap: the brain of a person in love doesn't look like the brain of someone overcome by deep emotion. It looks like the brain of a person who's been snorting coke.

There's some illogical part of me that still believes if you want Superman to show up, first there's got to be someone worth saving.

But if you seek forgiveness, doesn't that automatically mean you cannot be a monster? By definition, doesn't that desperation make you human again?

I realize how quickly lies compound. They cover like a coat of paint, one on top of the other, until you cannot remember what color you started with.

After a certain point, a heart with so many stress fractures can never be anything but broken.

A man should live his life a certain way not because of some divine authority, but because of a personal moral obligation to himself and others.

remember that every fire will burn itself out, even without your help.