Why are we embarassed by silence? What comfort do we find in all the noise?

You're not going to fix things by helping 65-year-olds or 75-year-olds for any long run.

Love wins, love always wins.

Accept who you are; and revel in it.

Anger is a poison. It eats us inside. We think when we hate someone we hurt them, but hatred is a curved blade, and the harm we do to others we also do to ourselves.

When I lacked even the self-respect to keep myself alive, she dabbed my cuts and I fell back into being a son; I fell as easily as you fall into your pillow at night. And I didn't want it to end. That's the best way I can explain it. I knew it was impossible. But I didn't want it to end.

There is a big confusion in this country over what we want verses what we need...you need food. You want a chocolate sundae.