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.

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.

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

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.

If proud Americans can be who they are and boldly stand at the altar with who they love then surely, surely we can give everyone in this country a fair chance at that great American Dream.

Forget the floor plans. Arrange the furniture where it is the most comfortable and will look best.

In a perfect world, probably we'd never yell, we'd just be firm and dispassionate. But of course, everyone yells at their children.

For some people, an event happens and they are thrown into a tabloid feeding ground.

The period of youth is the glory of nature, and the healthful development of all the resources of strength deposited in our nature is the glory of youth.

In order to be truly great at something you have to give into a certain amount of madness.

I think conservatives should be confident in our beliefs and go push them everywhere we can and go to non-traditional communities. It's a no-brainer.

When I say that you are gods and goddesses I mean that your possibility is infinite, your potentiality is infinite.

When my mother makes out her income tax return every year, under occupation she writes, eroding my daughter's self-esteem.

Music criticism should be to musicians what ornithology is to the birds.