I will be conquered; I will not capitulate.
Get over it, Roo. If you have friends who actually like you, you’re popular enough.
I can't forget things, or ignore them-bad things that happen," I said. "I'm a lay-it-all-out person, a dwell-on-it person, an obsess-about-it person. If I hold things in and try to forget or pretend, I become a madman and have panic attacks. I have to talk.
I love the idea of the big life - the life that matters, the life that makes a difference. The life where stuff happens, where people take action. The opposite of the life where the girl can't even speak to the boy she likes; the opposite of the life where the friends aren't even good friends, and lots of days are wasted away feeling bored and kind of okay, like nothing matters much.
Always do what you're afraid to do. . . . I will prove myself strong when they think I am sick. I will prove myself brave when they think I am weak.
Silence is a protective coating over pain.
The problem is I can think whatever I think but I still feel the way I feel.
My child was one of Nature's Tories pitted against a mother who was one of nurture's Lefties: it was no contest.
President Bush announced he has a five-point strategy for getting out of Iraq. Points six through 10 will be handled by the Kerry administration.
There is no sense to a sacrifice after you come to feel that it is a sacrifice.
I do not like a high-organized church. I think that as soon as the congregation reaches a level of one hundred or so people, it is time to build a new church. As soon as the congregation gets to the point where you are not on fairly intimate terms with every other person in that church, then you have become a theater where people can attend services. I do not think you can attend a church service. Service is not something which is there to be viewed as if it were a play or a movie.