Half of me is filled with bursting words and half of me is painfully shy. I crave solitude yet also crave people. I want to pour life and love into everything yet also nurture my...

You’re a teenager. It’s all complicated.

Complicated explanations rarely come from true understanding. Simple explanations either come from naivety or true understanding. Learning to tell the difference amplifies outcomes.

In spite of being complicated people choose superstitions over common sense.

So, as a seventh grader,no, you weren’t friends with people you didnt like. But sometimesyou also werent friends with people you did like, which was complicated, and which didnt make any sence if you tried...

All you really need to know for the moment is that the universe is a lot more complicated than you might think, even if you start from a position of thinking it’s pretty damn complicated...

And I came to believe that good and evil are names for what people do, not for what they are. All we can say is that this is a good deed, because it helps someone...

As in so many cases of sexual abuse within the family, it is much more complicated than had it been done by a stranger.

Simple —> Complicated —> Simple At first, things appear simple. As you learn more they become complicated. As you learn, even more, they become simple. Simplicity on the other side of complexity is understanding.

Being a ‘potential mate’ was something rather different and much more complicated. It was when two people had the potential to become like one person, knowing each other’s moods and feelings in a way no...

Just always be honest about your feelings. If everyone did that then the world would be a much simpler place.