“Good anecdote--bad reality.”

“No motive is pure. No one is good or bad-but a hearty mix of both. And sometimes life actually gives to you by taking away.”

“From here on out, there's just reality. I think that's what maturity is: a stoic response to endless reality. But then, what do I know?”

“And not that it matters, but my mother is not a lesbian! She's just a really, really bad heterosexual.”

“You know the bad thing about being a survivor... You keep having to get into difficult situations in order to show off your gift.”

“There are two things that I know for certain guys are good for: pushing swings and killing insects.”

“Having waited my entire life to get an award for something, anything...I now get awards all the time for being mentally ill. It’s better than being bad at being insane, right? How tragic would it be to be runner-up for Bipolar Woman of the Year?”