I came to this house for safety. They came because the foster care system ran out of homes. We stayed because we were stray pieces of other puzzles, tired of never fitting.

That must be love: when everything else in the world could implode and you wouldn't care as long as you had that one person standing beside you.

Jocks usually aren't smart. Their muscles feast on their brains.

I need you.""I'm here."And we sit in silence.

You can't change destinies already written, that only happens in fairy tales.

Her tactics are brutal. The Marines could employ her.

Typical me--hurricane that leaves nothing but destruction.

Food shouldn't be half-bad. It should be all good.

Yesterday Allison bought me nail polish in the annoying shade of mauve. How can anyone look at me and think mauve?

Emotions is evil. People who make me feel are worse. I take comfort in the stone inside of me. If I don't feel, I don't hurt.

I'm not a princess but Ryan is a knight, he just belongs to someone else.

Anything which is troubling you, anything which is irritating you, THAT is your teacher.

The Communist Party and the Soviet Government display constant concern to strengthen the country's defensive might and raise the combat readiness of the Armed Forces.

London seems to be a town with a lot of comedy fans and people that really enjoy stand-up.

There's a tendency to look at investments in isolation. Investors focus on the risk of individual securities.

You didn't grow up driving...you figured it out.

Lord #‎ God , I praise Your Holy Name. Let every beat of my heart be a note of love in the symphony of my life.

You can't do science in a novel, but you can do philosophy. Or, if you're really lucky, you can manage to pose a question in such a way that other people will take it on.

The people who eat the most animal protein have the most heart disease, cancer and diabetes.

The felt presence of immediate experience-- this is all you know. Everything else comes as unconfirmed rumor.

He had, they said, tasted in succession all the apples of the tree of knowledge, and, whether from hunger or disgust, had ended by tasting the forbidden fruit.