God grant me to SERENITY to accept what I cannot change the TENACITY to change what I may and the GOOD LUCK not to f*** up too often

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The thing under my bed waiting to grab my ankle isn't real. I know that, and I also know that if I'm careful to keep my foot under the covers, it will never be able to grab my ankle.

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People who try hard to do the right thing always seem mad.

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The place where you made your stand never mattered. Only that you were there... and still on your feet.

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I think reality is thin, you know, thin as lake ice after a thaw, and we fill our lives with noise and light and motion to hide that thinness from ourselves.

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Love isn't soft, like the poets say. Love has teeth which bite and the wounds never close.

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The brain is a muscle that can move the world.

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The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool.

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Do it for joy and you can do it forever

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Remember, Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.

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