“A synonym is a word you use when you can't spell the word you first thought of.”

“I have notes in my bathroom, yellow notes, and I stick 'em on the mirror, things that happened that were uplifting boosters for me. Notes that say, "Today is special, make today count." And then I have one note on the mirror in the middle that says, "Look at the other notes.”

“A synonym is a word you use when you can't spell the other one.”

“I wonder if they talk about my ending as a tragedy. If the words would have and should have clung their talons behind my name, or if their sentences always have the word was instead of is.”

“I’m curious about why there’s so much honor given to death, when there is no honor in losing someone you love.”

“You know, darkness is a funny thing. Little by little, it creeps up on you and before you know it, you can’t escape it”

“...No, the gentle will not have to kill the table-pounders, thus stultifying their own instincts, for the noisy, being bullies, will melt away at the first sight of the army of the soft-spoken.”