But it turns out that even if I don’t talk a lot, when it’s something that matters I still have a lot to say.

When you don't talk, there's a lot of stuff that ends up not getting said.

How could I pretend to be someone else when I was already failing at being the person I already was?

Sometimes,well,all the time,I can't think of what to say because I'm so dumb and stuff,and then maybe I think of it like five days later.

What is a staircase, but a corridor improved by elevation?

Today exists between yesterday and tomorrow.

She says you're not truly human until you've had your heart broken and you've broken someone's heart.

And if I didn’t, I’d spend the rest of my life wondering who I could have turned into if only I’d had the guts to try.

Oh. Listen, this is really hard for me . . . " "What is?" "You know. Being liked." I started to cry. I couldn't help it.

It kind of struck me how great it would be to go out with a guy that size. And if you, you know, got tired of dating him, you could always use him as a house or something.

I hate it when people make fun of me and it turns out they're right.

You can convert your innate worth into gross net worth on the earth.

You can't hit it out of the park if you're not at the plate

All cat stories start with the statement: 'My mother, who was the first cat, told me this, ' and I lay with Jonas listening to his stories.

Since I have introduced this term I had always a bad conscience. . . . I cannot help to feel it strongly and I am unable to believe that such an ugly thing should be realized in nature.

Students need to learn how to think critically, how to argue opposing ideas. It is important for them to learn how to think. You can always cook.

I have always been a very keen walker, though, and I often took a camera with me on my walks.

Many people are good at talking about what they are doing, but in fact do little. Others do a lot but don't talk about it; they are the ones who make a community live.

Eating is one of the great beauties in life. One of my favorite recreations... eating with friends, the service, the ambience.

Love of animals is a universal impulse, a common ground on which all of us may meet. By loving and understanding animals, perhaps we humans shall come to understand each other.

One form of loneliness is to have a memory and no one to share it with.