“Try to be a filter, not a sponge.”

“Be skeptical about this one. It's a great book. But try to be a filter, not a sponge.”

“She thanked me for not trying to make what I did seem less by offering a lot of excuses.”

“I am both happy and sad at the same time, and I'm still trying to figure out how that could be.”

“people who try to control situations all the time are afraid that if they don't, nothing will work out the way they want.”

“I try to remind myself when I feel great like this that there will be another terrible week coming someday.”

“You're a freak, you know that? You've always been a freak. Everyone says so. They always have.""I'm trying not to be.”