High school is such an incestuous little pool.

To her, not packing our lunches every day or joining the PTA is a feminist rallying cry.

His voice is both low and quiet, and it has this hypnotic rhythm to it. I wonder whether someday he'll give sermons with that voice, whether he'll throw down judgement with that voice.

We're only three class sessions in and I'm already behind? And to hear it from him? This buttoned-up Bible-thumper I can't get out of my head?

Everything feels yes.

I am a monster beneath him, with arching hips, an octopus with hands everywhere at once. I don't think anything in the history of time has felt this good.

Maybe I'm crying because I'm terrified that he's come here to do more damage, to reactivate what I feel only to let me down easy again, missionary style.

My brain is such a traitorous beast.

No matter what's going on, I keep coming back to the one intention that makes the most sense:Just love.

He appreciated you. But he couldn't feed your soul for the rest of your life. Can't you just appreciate that he was great for you for that period of time?

Constant, gentle pressure is my preferred technique for leadership, guidance, and coaching.

If someone does not smile at you, be generous and offer your own smile. Nobody needs a smile more than the one that cannot smile to others.

And she walked away, and she walked away, and that was that, and that was that.

I have no regrets and if I had nine lives I would have gladly given them all up for my country.

In one word, one should desire of God desirelessness. For desire alone is at the root of all suffering. It is the cause of repeated births and deaths. It is the obstacle in the way of liberation.

In 'Insurgent' we realise how large the world really is

The virtue of contentment is the acquiescence of the mind in the lot God has given

The present is what slips by us while we're pondering the past and worrying about the future.