Henry shrugged. "I've kissed plenty of girls." "I'm not talking about your mom,dork.

It never gets easier, missing you. And sometimes I wonder if it ever will.

To his amazement, he could already hear Henry snoring in the backseat. That guy could fall asleep on a car trip to the mailbox.

The worst pain in the world goes beyond the physical. Even further beyond any other emotional pain one can feel. It is the betrayal of a friend.

If you thought eighth grade was tough, try it with fangs and a fear of garlic.

Because teachers, no matter how kind, no matter how friendly, are sadistic and evil to the core.

Bullying is a horrible thing. It sticks with you forever. It poisons you. But only if you let it.

If citizens followed their leaders' example throughout history, the human race would have died out centuries ago.

Getting staked had been a hard lesson in choosing one's friends wisely.

Growing older is mandatory, but growing up is optional.

Sometimes you have to be alone to think, and sometimes the best place for thinking isn't home.

The unfolding over time of a great idea is like the growth of a fractal crystal, allowing details and refinements to multiply endlessly — but only in ever-increasing scale.

To love abundantly is to live abundantly, and to love forever is to live forever.

Peacekeeping is not a job for soldiers, but only soldiers can do it.

The only way to handle pressure is to apply it.

George W. cares as much about climate change as you would expect from a Texas oilman

I know a lot of people on the field - players, coaches, managers - are glad that I'm gone.

Even when I was just designing T-shirts people really gravitated to them.

I've always wanted to like, swim in a swimming pool filled with peanut butter

We want to make it socially, morally, politically and religiously unacceptable to have substandard housing and homelessness.

As a writer, I first felt successful before I was published.