i regret ever implying that you could be better.

you should be smiling, too. aren't you excited? aren't you happy? you're going to be free.

“uh, you got bats in this place, fella.” “yes, i know, aren't they darling?”

an exquisite feedback loop of positive reinforcement. what a powerful structure. i love you.

“i feel like she wouldn't dwell in manners so petty, you know what i'm saying?” “right, i'm just...y'know...you can't underestimate the pettiness of divine beings, i think.”

well, this conversation isn't going to end itself

edward felt a pang of sorrow, deep and sweet and familiar. why did she have to be so far away? if only i had wings, he thought, i could fly to her.

we were supposed to find each other.

the night belongs to those who've lost their love.

looks like this sour lemon drop has a hidden sweet center!

“when you're angry, then you're angry,” thought Little My, peeling her potato with her teeth. “sometimes you have to be angry. every little creature has the right to be angry.”

kris, since it's me, please be kind to it, ok?

my insides are pink and raw and it hurts me when i move my jaw, but i am taking tiny steps forward. and i feel sure that my wounds will heal, and i will bloom here in my room, with a little water and a little bit of sunlight and a little bit of tender mercy

“i feel like she wouldn't dwell in manners so petty, you know what i'm saying?” “right, i'm just...y'know...you can't underestimate the pettiness of divine beings, i think.”

i'm here to be great!

i'm disturbed! i'm depressed! i'm inadequate! i got it all!

i got a letter back from his mother and she said, “jim loved your card so much he ate it.” that to me was one of the highest compliments i've ever received. he didn’t care that it was an original drawing or anything. he saw it, he loved it, he ate it.

now, come on now, young strangers; weren't you someone's son?

if anything happened to you in the forest of the nightmare king, i would just, uh, start over.

an exquisite feedback loop of positive reinforcement. what a powerful structure. i love you.