Might as well try to drink the ocean with a spoon as argue with a lover.

Resistance to change is proportional to how much the future might be altered by any given act.

When I gave up dope and alcohol, my immediate feeling was 'I've saved my life, but there'll be a price because I'll have nothing that buzzes me any more'. But I enjoyed my kids. My wife loved me and I loved her. And eventually the writing came back and I discovered that the writing was enough. Stupid thing is that probably it always had been.

I think you're a taker. You've always been one. It's like God left some part of you out when He built you inside of me.

The family exists for many reasons, but its most basic function may be to draw together after a member dies.

Crying was like pissing everything out on the ground.

I don't ask myself, "Well, does God exist or does God not exist?" I choose to believe that God exists, and therefore I can say, "God, I can't do this by myself. Help me not to take a drink today. Help me not to take a drug today." And that works fine for me.