Don't sum up a person based on what you see, or what you don't understand; get to know them

Some of us get dipped in flat, some in satin, some in gloss...." He turned to me. "But every once in a while, you find someone who's iridescent, and when you do, nothing will ever compare.

Sometimes I get so caught up in my own problems that I forget how amazing the world is.

Maybe my mother's right. Maybe there is more to Bryce Loski than I know. Maybe it's time to meet him in the proper light.

What he did to my heart was sheer, inexplicable, magic.

...and I realized that Garrett was right about one thing- I had flipped. Completely.

It was beyond embarrassing or humiliating or even mortifying. It was ego-slaying!

...Next time you're faced with a choice, do the right thing. It hurts everyone less in the long run.

A painting is more than the sum of its parts

If chaos is a necessary step in the organization of one's universe, then I was well on my way.

Somehow the silence seemed to connect us in a way like words never could. - Julianna Baker

Writers of fiction embellish reality almost without knowing it.

Men show their superiority inside animals outside.

Anybody serious about poetry knows how hard it is to achieve anything worthwhile in it.

If we live in a state of constant fear, can we remain human?

It's much more important for U.S. to be able to defend against foreign attacks than it is to be able to launch successful attacks against foreign adversaries.

History is always written wrong, and so always needs to be rewritten.

O memory, thou bitter sweet,--both a joy and a scourge!

Long periods of recession, which tend to be self-perpetuating, are usually ended by war, or by preparations for it.

the knowledge of impermanence that haunts our days is their very fragrance.

You know the hardest thing to do in Hollywood is burn bridges. There is usually some sucker who still likes me. There is usually some sucker who will still work with me.