“No matter how old you are, theres no cozier feeling than to have your mom take care of you.”

“I'm supposed to eat shit with a fork and a knife and say thank you when I'm done swallowing this crap?”

“Its actually quite the contrary. Its time to freak the fuck out, and thats not just acceptable, its obligatory. The rug has just been pulled out from beneath your feet, and everything you thought y...”

“Sure, occasionally a certain sappy song or romantic movie would come on, and youd wonder what he or she was up to, but there was no way to know. Of course, you could always pick up the phone (and m...”

“I had stopped doing anything for myself. I no longer felt like an individual because for thirteen years, I was one-half of a we.”

“And finally, always remember that the other person started it.”

“There are two types of seeds in the mind: those that create anger, fear, frustration, jealousy, hatred and those that create love, compassion, equanimity and joy. Spirituality is germination and sp...”

“My music teacher offered twittering madrigals and something about how, in Italy, in Italy, the oranges hang on the tree. He treated me - the humiliation of it - as a soprano.These, by contrast, are...”

“If you spend your time hoping someone will suffer the consequences for what they did to your heart, then you're allowing them to hurt you a second time in your mind.”

“The heart was made to be broken.”

“He does something to me, that boy. Every time. Its his only detriment. He steps on my heart. He makes me cry.”

“Was it hard?" I ask.Letting go?"Not as hard as holding on to something that wasn't real.”