Ghosts don't haunt us. That's not how it works. They're present among us because we won't let go of them." "I don't believe in ghosts," I said, faintly. "Some people can't see the color red. That doesn't mean it isn't there," she replied.

You kill people you hate or you kill in rage or you kill to get even, but you don't kill someone you're indifferent to.

Sometimes I claim I write because I put in an application at Sears and they've never called back.

Dream big but think small.

Smile. It gives your face something to do.

Sometimes being fooled by love is worth the price. At least you know you're alive and capable of feeling, even if all you end up with is chest pain.

You try to keep life simple but it never works, and in the end all you have left is yourself.