My stepfather, John O’Hara, was the goodest man there was. He was not a man of many words, but of carefully chosen ones. He was the one parent who didn’t try to fix me. One...

It’s not sissy to show your feeling.

And I don’t believe that melodramatic feelings are laughable – they should be taken absolutely seriously.

Living is not enough; it has no value by itself. It is the motives, the feelings, the thoughts, the attitudes that prompt the day to day life that matters.

Loneliness, dejection, the contempt or pity of people around you–these are unpleasant feelings. But they are precisely the things that produce genuine Dark Ones.

You care so much for that special person because it feels like that person is part of you.

Please don’t give me words; give me a hug. Don’t tell me that I’m holding up so well; break down with me and admit our shared wretchedness. Don’t feign some bright mountaintop; walk with me...

It is always better to be surrounded by enemies that make you strong, than to be crushed between friends that make you weak.

I think guilt is directional. You should get rid of it, but the way to get rid of it is not to get rid of the guilt feelings. It is to get rid of the...

Immobilization: A state, however mild or serious, in which you are not functioning at the level that you would like to. If feelings lead to such a state, you need to look no further for...

Long standing hatred between a man and a woman is just unspoken attraction that has bruised egos.