The happier you are, the less you need.

It seems impossible that you can love one person so much, no matter what happens, no matter what they do.

—Francesca Lia Block in Pink Smog

The girl in the mirror wasn't who I wanted to be and her life wasn't the one I wanted to have.

—Francesca Lia Block in Pink Smog

Maybe he was real. Maybe I'd made him up. Either way, he didn't think I needed him anymore. Maybe he was right.

—Francesca Lia Block in Pink Smog

I dreamed of being a part of the stories—even terrifying ones, even horror stories—because at least the girls in stories were alive before they died.

—Francesca Lia Block in The Rose and the Beast

The wishes might not come true the way you think they will, not everything will be perfect, but love will come because it always does, because why else would it exist and it will make everything hurt a little less.

—Francesca Lia Block in Dangerous Angels

The important thing is that when you come to understand something, you act on it, no matter how small that act is. Eventually it will take you where you need to go.

—Sister Helen Prejean

I needed to be somewhere different. Maybe I needed to be someone different, too.

—Heather Davis in The Clearing

At the core of all anger is a need that is not being fulfilled.

—Marshall B. Rosenberg

I just need enough to tide me over until I need more.

—Bill Hoest

Just because it's not what you're expecting doesn't mean it's not everything you might need.

—K. Bromberg in Driven