Do you know what your problem is? You can't live with the idea that someone might leave.

The missing piece in his stomach hurt so much-and eventually he stopped thinking about the Theorem and wondered only how something that isn't there can hurt you.

I just want to do something that matters. Or be something that matters. I just want to matter.

I figured something out. The future is unpredictable.

He liked the mere act of reading, the magic of turning scratches on a page into words inside his head.

The future lay before him, inevitable but invisible.

All hurt is brain hurt.

Ergo: girls should always make the first move, because (a) they are, on the whole, less likely to be rejected than guys, (b) that way, girls will never get kissed unless they want to be kissed.

Maybe life is not about accomplishing some bullshit markers.

People are supposed to care. It's good that people mean something to you, that you miss people when they're gone.

He wanted to draw out the moment before the moment- because as good as kissing feels, nothing feels as good as the anticipation of it.

What I have learned in this life is you can never be ashamed of where you come from.

For the day we accept that we have chosen to choose our choices is the day we cast off the shackles of victimhood and are set free to pursue the lives we were born to live.

Our happiness or misery depends upon our perception, not on the situation.

If I ever saw an amputee getting hanged, I'd probably just start calling out letters.

You know you're getting old when everything hurts. And what doesn't hurt doesn't work.

Any role that big is going to be a challenge for any actor, but for an actor of a young age, it's going to be even tougher.

Talent is crucial. It needs to be driven by motivation, but blind ambition isn't the key.

Being a better songwriter, that's top of the list because I think that is a very intimidating, difficult task. I really admire people that just continue to write and get stronger.

[Antonio] Gramsci's words and actions explain their assessment, though I think we should refrain from using the term "model intellectual" for him or others.

How will the bombing of Baghdad, a city of five million, accomplish a regime change?