It's like the human race has been programmed for misery.

I was also known as Frodo because I was an early adopter of 'The Lord of the Rings.

When things don't go well, it helps to think of yourself as a genius and the rest of the world as a bunch of idiots.

She would be a mentor and an inspiration to girls like herself, the quiet ones who'd sleepwalked their way through high school, knowing nothing except that they couldn't possibly be happy with any of the choices the world seemed to be offering them.

There's not some finite amount of pain inside us. Our bodies and minds just keep manufacturing more of it.

Jill felt an emptiness open inside of her as she lifted her arm, a sense that something vital was being subtracted from her life. It was always like that when somebody you cared about went away, even when you knew it was inevitable, and it probably wasn't your fault.

It's not the cheating. It's the hunger for an alternative. The refusal to accept unhappiness.