I don't know why, but life is usually more complicated than the plans that we make.

Good memories are like charms...Each is special. You collect them, one by one, until one day you look back and discover they make a long, colorful bracelet.

Your mind creates your reality. If you expect nothing, you open up the universe to give you options. If you expect the worst, you usually get it.

A friend of mine once defined love as finding someone you can talk to late into the night

Some poeple just don't have what it takes to appreciate a cookie.

Oh great. Yoda captured us.

Who, last time I'd checked, was still on our official archenemy list. (Yes, we have to keep a list. It's kind of sad.)

They call me, The Sharkalator

At that moment I had no mind to change, or not change, or throw against the nearest wall.

I don't get a chance to be funny with the thrillers. I like to be funny, and I think I am really funny. So with 'Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life', it was fun to let loose.

I had to give him props, but how annoying of him to be a hero when I was trying so hard to dislike him. It was downright selfish.

It's just a matter of willpower. The day you decide it's over, it's over. You never get over it.

Your belief system tends to be a function of how you were raised. Being raised in the Midwest and in a relatively conservative household, my views were shaped by my upbringing, by my Christian faith.

To be sure, American higher education is a diverse ecosystem, comprising institutions of all sizes, price tags, and mission statements.

The important thing in my view is not to pin the blame for a mistake on somebody, but rather to find out what caused the mistake.

We sit here stranded, though we're all doin' our best to deny it

I'm a hoarder. For me, documentation has always been key, and I've kept everything from my past.

The Church did the most when the Church was the least like the world.

All of those who inhabit the world have a right to be here by virtue of their being here at all. To be here means you have a right to be here.

I have always hated flying. The idea of it is an affront to nature. People are meant to stay on the ground.

I don't believe in luck. I believe everything happens for a reason.