How good would it be if one could die by throwing oneself into an infinite void.
This appetite to choose death by pleasure if it is available to choose - this appetite of your people unable to choose appetites, this is the death.
If your fidelity to perfectionism is too high, you never do anything.
I think it's easy to stop smoking; it's just hard not to commit a felony after you stop.
You don't have to think very hard to realize that our dread of both relationships and loneliness. . . has to do with angst about death, the recognition that I'm going to die, and die very much alone, and the rest of the world is going to go merrily on without me.
I do things like get in a taxi and say, "The library, and step on it.
Everybody is identical in their secret unspoken belief that way deep down they are different from everyone else.
You have to be really vigilant and appreciative of what you have and not get too excited about anything. But it's important to celebrate what you have and feel proud for a minute.
Being poor doesn't mean being ordinary.
You and you alone are the only person that can live the life that writes the story that you were meant to tell. And the world needs your story because the world needs your voice.
I wanted to create something that broke rules and made women feel confident and empowered.