First you take a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes you.

It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can keep him from lynching me, and I think that"s pretty important. read more

• Thought True Law Cannot Man Love Keep from Lynching Think Pretty Important

Law is order, and good law is good order. read more

• Thought Law Good

The human brain, then, is the most complicated organization of matter that we know. read more

• Thought Human Brain Most Complicated Organization Matter

To be alive at all is to have scars. read more

• Thought Alive Scars

A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself. read more

• Thought Hero Someone Given Life Something Bigger Oneself

Family quarrels are bitter things. They don"t go according to any rules. They"re not like aches or wounds, they"re more like splits in the skin that won"t heal because there"s not enough material. read more

• Thought Family Quarrels Bitter Things They Go According Any Rules Like Aches Wounds More Splits Skin Won Heal Enough Material

That is part of the beauty of all literature. You discover that your longings are universal longings, that you"re not lonely and isolated from anyone. You belong. read more

• Thought Part Beauty Literature Discover Longings Universal Lonely Isolated from Anyone Belong

Selfish people are in a way terribly capable of great loves. read more

• Thought Selfish People Way Terribly Capable Great Loves

Never miss a party...good for the nerves--like celery. read more

• Thought Miss Party Good for Nerves Like Celery

For what it"s worth, it"s never too late to be whoever you want to be. read more

• Thought for What Worth Too Late Whoever Want