“There’s nothing more complicated – or fragile – than the relationship between parents and their children. It’s like no other relationship there is. And no one tells you how to make it work. Either you find your way or you… — Michael Thomas Ford Copy Share Image
“Sometimes seeing the changes in one another had the opposite effect and actually comforted them. Seeing that they weren’t alone in growing older, they stopped caring, or at least caring so much. But often this seemed to be accompanied by a kind of neutering, a gradual disappearance of anything remotely resembling sexuality, until finally the men in question were more… — Michael Thomas Ford Copy Share
“When I was a kid, I used to watch that show, sitting on the couch in my pajamas and wishing more than anything that one day I'd just change into this other person. I thought that would explain everything. You know, about why I felt so different. Then I'd find out that my mother was really an alien or that… — Michael Thomas Ford Copy Share
It's a really crappy feeling to realize that your entire outook on your life can be controlled by some little pill that looks like… — Michael Thomas Ford Copy Share Image
I knew people were talking, but I wasn't listening. I wasn't interested in anything anyone had to say. — Michael Thomas Ford Copy Share Image
Let me tell something, seeing your name and psychiatric ward on the same piece of paper isn't the best way to start your day. — Michael Thomas Ford Copy Share Image
Personally, I think they killed the bear because they were afraid of it. That s what people do, kill the things they re afraid… — Michael Thomas Ford Copy Share Image
“There’s not much point to being alive if you don’t do what you can to make life better for someone else, is there?” — Michael Thomas Ford Copy Share Image
“I love that word. Gaydar. So clever.” “I’m afraid mine is broken,” Burke said. “It never occurred to me that you were gay.” “It’s… — Michael Thomas Ford Copy Share Image
“Just because your life isn't as awful as someone else's, that doesn't mean it doesn't suck. You can't compare how you feel to the… — Michael Thomas Ford Copy Share Image
“Nobody talks around here," she said. "We all pretend to, but we never really do." She pointed to the television. "We're like the people… — Michael Thomas Ford Copy Share Image
“Anyone can be crazy,” she answered. “That’s usually just because there’s something screwed up in your wiring, you know? But suicide is a whole… — Michael Thomas Ford Copy Share Image
