During adolescence, friends bring an intimate quality of support that can't be provided by any adult.

One of the blessings of becoming an adult is finally seeing my mom and dad as people, not just parents.

Our relationship, our shared support, our consistency, is unrivaled by any other connection.

The comfort of our peer-connections is reflected in our most honest and direct hand-holding. When we trip, they are the first ones to pull us back up.

We are troubled, but we have hope and tremendous promise.

Growing up sometimes forces us to confront the distance between our childhood hope and the truth.

I hated sports. I hated sports, and I hated people who played them, and I hated people who watched them, and I hated people who didn't hate people who watched or played them.

Only when you verbalize your interests will the Universe be able to come to your aid.

Be realistic with your expectations. I'd really like to cuddle a unicorn, but it aint going to happen.

I always want to stretch myself and do something that I haven't done before.

In America, we have the greatest businesspeople in the world. We have to use them to negotiate our trade deals.

They tryna shoot down my flight before it lands

One of the things about federal politics is that it has been remarkably free of corruption.

West Germany's Briegel hasn't been able to get past anyone yet - that's his trademark.

When you are going through something that heavy, for me anyway, I couldn't imagine writing about anything else. I always tend to write about what's most prevalent in my mind.

Only to the extent that we expose ourselves over and over to annihilation can that which is indestructible in us be found.