I had an absurd desire to go down to her and make sure she was all right, and stay with her until dawn. I also had a fierce wish to bludgeon the two frat boys to death with a shovel.

And I got out of there without punching anyone, kicking anyone, or breaking down in tears. Some days the small victories are all you achieve.

I've given her signs! I've given her plenty of signs. What does she want me to do? Slap him across the face with my glove, and challenge him to pistols at dawn?

College isn't half as much fun as they told us it was going to be.""It's not one-hundredth as much fun.

..."There’s really no way I can explain it to her without *still* sounding like scum, " I complained to Sinter."The 'sympathy shack-up' doesn’t score many points, " he agreed.*

You're lucky I'm drawn to things that are sick and weird. Makes it so I can actually still like you.

Laura Ingalls Wilder said, “Home is the nicest place there is.

Silence is pure. Silence is holy. It draws people together because only those who are comfortable with each other can sit without speaking. This is the great paradox.

Better may not be as good as the best, but better is surprisingly hard to obtain. And better is actually harder than worse.

My number-one theory in life is that style is proportional to your lack of resources - the less you have, the more stylish you're likely to be.

I suffered from severe depression for over a decade. My condition deteriorated steadily. I was suicidal.

You may have created my past and screwed up my present, but you have no control over my future.

Having the certitude of a succession of days... equally free and beautiful, peace descends on me.

Why are you so sad, akri? (Simi) I’m not sad, Simi. (Acheron) Yes you are. I know you, akri, you gots that pain in your heart like the Simi gets whenever she cries. (Simi)

Sometimes rejection in life is really redirection.

I think it's super important for the church itself to rediscover the gospel.