Most people who stay do it because they’re afraid to leave, and most people who leave do it because they’re afraid to stay. If you stop and think about it you’ll find that fear is the motivating factor for most decisions people make in their lives.

The only people who come close to annoying me as much as left-laners are cart-hogs, shoppers who leave their carts in the middle of the aisle and wander a few feet away, where they stand with their mouths open staring stupefied at the shelves as if they’ve never seen food before. I.

Nothing shatters the reality of our good intentions like reality.

I learned the most important aspect of a mother’s love was not the intensity but its reliable consistency.

People will only fight so hard to try and old on to what they have, but they’ll dig in and fight forever to protect who they are.

I don’t like phones. You can’t be sure people are paying attention to you when you’re talking to them.

She hated her job the same way I hated my jobs because she knew she was worth more, but she also hated herself so there wasn’t much point in trying to do better.

They were like English teachers who took the fun out of a perfectly good book by breaking it down into themes and sentence structures.

I’ve decided that the worst part of loneliness isn’t being alone. It’s being forgotten.

Never give up on your dream...Perseverance is all important. If you don't have the desire and the belief in yourself to keep trying after you've been told you should quit, you'll never make it.