Excerpted And Adapted Quotes & Sayings

Today all I could remember was the way your body held the ocean of myself & for one moment there was only one us in all creation. — Brian Andreas

Nothing is so fierce but love will soften; nothing so sharp-sighted in other matters but it will throw a mist before its eyes. — Roger L'Estrange

It is a sad thing when you hear Christians with a groan in them. When I meet the groaner, I say in my heart, "God, move that man on into the place where he comprehends what Christianity is." — John G. Lake

She had the look in her eye when you kick and kick at the door and it doesn't open, when you write a boy letters and letters and he never loves you, not 'til the day he dies. Not even then. — Daniel Handler

The box room. No bigger than a coffin. It would be like being buried. Maybe she wouldn't keep her Barbies after all. She would make a huge bonfire in the back garden. She would burn her clothes. She would burn all her old toys (except for her old teddy bear Rasputin, obviously - he was more of a guru and personal trainer than a toy). She would burn her CDs and her CD player. She would burn all her makeup. She would shave all her hair off and burn that. She would wear only a pair of Oriental black pajamas. She would sleep in the box room on a small mat made out of rushes. The only item in the room would be a plain white saucer for her tears. Then they'd be sorry. — Sue Limb

When I was in high school, my mom worked at Bed, Bath and Beyond, so I was always there. — Abbi Jacobson

There can be no vulnerability without risk; there can be no community without vulnerability; there can be no peace, and ultimately no life, without community. — M. Scott Peck

Throwing himself a party was like rubbing his nose in his failure to connect with people. — Christopher Bram

How was I supposed to concentrate on my mental health when my therapist was encased in orange sparkle madness? — E. Lockhart