This is the challenge of writing. You have to be very emotionally engaged in what you?re doing, or it comes out flat. You can?t fake your way through this.
Never does the human soul appear so strong and noble as when it foregoes revenge and dares to forgive an injury.
Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.
I know that you believe that you understood what you think I said, but I am not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.
Your parents, they give you your life, but then they try to give you their life.
The strongest possible piece of advice I would give any young woman is: Don't screw around, and don't smoke.
It is wonderful how quickly you get used to things, even the most astonishing.