“Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something is more important than fear.”

“The fact is, I love him. He's the boy I want and one day he'll be MINE.”

“Cal: Yesterday I was stuck in a car with you for eight hours. Bastard. I didnt even sing along with the radio. Much.Me: Yeah. And? Cal: Something happened.Me: If youre referring to my driving skill...”

“Cal: Im not presuming. I know exactly what you think about me. You think Im an anal-retentive Armrest Nazi . . . an arrogant Modelizer. You cant stand the way I talk, any of the subjects I choose t...”

“Write the kind of story you would like to read. People will give you all sorts of advice about writing, but if you are not writing something you like, no one else will like it either.”

“But mom's been depressed ever since her last boyfriend turned out to be a Republican.”

“Blame is the creed of the disempowered.”

“The most judgmental people are often those who complain most about being judged. The ones not complaining will look as though they're the ones doing the judging.”

“A child is not to blame for being immersed in a certain environment and handed down complexes”

“Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don't know how to replenish its source. It dies of blindness and errors and betrayals. It dies of illness and wounds; it dies of weariness, of wi...”

“My dear,Find what you love and let it kill you.Let it drain you of your all. Let it cling onto your back and weigh you down into eventual nothingness.Let it kill you and let it devour your remains....”

“If you gave someone your heart and they died, did they take it with them? Did you spend the rest of forever with a hole inside you that couldn't be filled?”