I'm just not built for fairytale surprises.

... I looked through the car's rear window for a final wave, and it felt like someone had invaded my chest and squeezed all the juice out of my heart until it was a tiny dry sponge.

Just once, I would like there to be something special about being the kid stuck in the middle.

Which is when I decided I would never love anyone again because you just felt like an idiot when you put love out there and it didn't come back your way.

Talents are seeds of greatness. With big dreams well dispensed in form of achievements, you can pick money from people’s pockets and they will never get the guts to call you a thief.

They are patriotic in time of war because it is to their interest to be so, but in time of peace they follow power and the dollar wherever they may lead.

Within the hearts men, loyalty and consideration are esteemed greater than success.

I have friends that are laying in the gutter right now that were rich people and they're no longer rich people because of what the banks did to them.

As far as the nuclear is concerned, I agree. It is the single greatest threat that this country has.

Anarchism, then, really stands for the liberation of the human mind from the dominion of religion.

Even in our democratic New England towns the accidental possession of wealth, and its manifestation in dress and equipage alone, obtain for the possessor almost universal respect.

Donald Trump is not qualified to be president because he's not qualified to deal with Vladimir Putin.

We're asking schools to look at kids as partners in education.

You're not a historian, but most historians will tell you that they make very discrete judgment as to what facts to omit in order to make their book into some shape, some length that can be managed.