Chase every rung of possibility, and you still get absolutely nowhere.

Until this moment, I had not realized that someone could break your heart twice, along the very same fault lines.

If you have a sister and she dies, do you stop saying you have one? Or are you always a sister, even when the other half of the equation is gone?

Seeing her sitting there unresponsive makes me realize that silence has a sound.

true love is felonious… You take someone’s breath away… You rob them of the ability to utter a single word… You steal a heart.

You don't love someone because they're perfect, you love them in spite of the fact that they're not.

It's about a girl who is on the cusp of becoming someone.. A girl who may not know what she wants right now, and she may not know who she is right now, but who deserves the chance to find out.

I wondered what happened when you offered yourself to someone, and they opened you, only to discover you were not the gift they expected and they had to smile and nod and say thank you all the same.

He smiles at me, and I am suddenly seventeen again - the year I realize that love doesn't follow the rules, the year I understood that nothing is worth having so much as something unattainable

Grief is a curious thing, when it happens unexpectedly. It is a Band-aid being ripped away, taking the top layer off a family. And the underbelly of a household is never pretty, ours no exception.

There are just as many stories to be told in the dark spots s there are in the bright ones.

You don't need to kill with a sword, the tongue can do equally a better job and police will not knock on your door

When you're thirteen and listening to punk, the aggressive nature of music can sway you to the dark side.

Philadelphia is the most pecksniffian of American cities, and thus probably leads the world.

Never look back. Move on. Aim high. Etc.

We like someone because. We love someone although.

I love the idea of people being themselves in films.

Never gamble without knowing a back way out.

I'm probably going to have to go with Kobester. He's an assassin with LeBron coming right after.

If you listen to the way I speak, I have a lot of rhythm, use a lot of accents. When I'm playing my instrument, that concept comes through very clearly.