Birds fascinated her. How did they do that, seeming to fly with one mind, each of them able to anticipate what the others would do?

Your life is an occasion. Rise to it.

You become the monster you fear the worst, so the monster won't overtake you.

You have to know where you were going in order to get there.

Turn the page, continue reading, and let the next story begin.

No. We breathe. We pulse. We regenerate. Our hearts beat. Our minds create. Our souls ingest. 37 seconds, well used, is a lifetime.

There are a million things one might do with a block of wood. But what do you think might happen if someone, just once, believed in it?

Mrs. Reed grabbed Kayla's wrist. "Good. You haven't gotten that damned tattoo. Whatever you do, don't let them make you get it.

We humans can never claim to do nothing, we breath, we pulse, we regenerate.

And if anyone asks what became of me, you relate my life in all its wonder, and end it with a simple and modest "He died.

It'll be okay." She didn't know if it would be okay or not. She somehow doubted it, but what else was there to say?

Do not despise your own place and hour. Every place is under the stars, every place is the center of the world.

I didn't have to say a word. My love for him appeared upon my flesh like virgin tattooed skin.

Do you have a record contract? I have a recording agreement. What's the difference? One is an agreement and one is a contract! I am a man who deals by ear.

You slam the bottom and either walk away or suck it up and get through it.

If you are not egotistical, you will welcome the opportunity to learn more.

As if one crime of such nature, done by a single man, acting individually, can be expiated by a similar crime done by all men, acting collectively.

The greatest masters are the greatest apprentices as well; they are not only greatest givers but also greatest takers.

I have a work-out regime; I am not a maniac. It sounds cliche, but stand-up comedy, doing a one-man show, helps keep me young, and yes, it is exhausting, but I don't collapse.

No issue is so small that it can't be blown out of proportion.