I think I've lived quite the unorthodox life so far, but you probably feels that way about yourself too. So much goes untold in our lives.

I would rather have 1 amazing best friend than 100 decent regular friends. It's not about quantity, it's about quality.

Add your splash of color to the world.

Ranking where people stand in your life and who they are to you helps you determine who you value the most and therefore where best to spend your time.

It allows you to be yourself, good and bad. And it's a two-way street: you give and take equally.

I grew it - sorry, drew it - for this book, if for no other reason than to illustrate the old saying that the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

Friends are not a number. You can't collect connections. You can't just go out one day and be like, "Hey, I need some friends!" *goes shopping, scours social media*

Now, four years out of high school, I'm in an environment where people appreciate personality over appearance, and that makes me happy.

Some call it growing up. I call it life, and in my experience, it doesn't necessarily get easier over the years. But the eternal struggle is beautiful, and I'm happy to persevere.

It's funny reading about how I behaved in the days before memories formed. So thanks for that input, Mom and Dad - wasn't so bad after all.

Every second seems like an eternity if someone you love is in trouble.

Looking for someone to value what you have, will keep you coming up empty.

God is committed when we are submitted! Surrender whatever you're holding onto!

Secrets can remind us of the countless human dramas, of frailty and heroism playing out silently in the lives of people all around us.

The only thing I know about Slovakia is what I learned first-hand from your foreign minister, who came to Texas.

When I hear that somebody's difficult, I think, Oh, I can't wait to work with them.

What the hell is the sense of trying to hold the Democratic party together, if it's really a party of expediency, something that's put together every four years?

Racing and hunting excite man's heart to madness.

A lot of comedies fall apart because they just go from joke to joke, and the characters are all sort of being crazy off on their own.

And if the professional rapist is to be separated from the average dominant heterosexual (male), it may be mainly a quantitative difference.

With a strong testimony of the Savior and His restored gospel, you have limitless opportunities to shine.