I was ashamed of myself for being ashamed of myself. I didn't like feeling like that.

The heart can get really cold if all you've known is winter.

The summer sun was not meant for boys like me. Boys like me belonged to the rain.

Another secret of the universe: Sometimes pain was like a storm that came out of nowhere. The clearest summer could end in a downpour. Could end in lightning and thunder.

I wondered if my smile was as big as hers. Maybe as big. But not as beautiful.

Water was something he loved, something he respected. He understood its beauty and its dangers. He talked about swimming as if it were a way of life.

I bet you could sometimes find all the mysteries of the universe in someone's hand.

How could I have ever been ashamed of loving Dante Quintana?

Summertime. It was a song. It was a season. I wondered if that season would ever live inside of me.

The day he came home from the hospital, he cried. I held him. I thought he would never stop.I knew that a part of him would never be the same.They cracked more than his ribs.

You can’t expect to go both ways when you’re driving on a one-way street.

The phrase ‘Boys will be boys, ’ reflects that a male child is expected to be unpredictable and occasionally troublesome.

Man provides his own goods and his own evils, neither God nor the Devil has anything to do with it.

I have my moments - usually twice every album - when I basically lose it.

You know those balls that they put on car antennas so you can find them in the parking lot? Those should be on every car!

The White House has now released military documents that they say prove George Bush met his requirements for the National Guard. Big deal, we've got documents that prove Al Gore won the election.

The fish is swift, small-needing, vague yet clear, A cold, sweet, silver life, wrapped in round waves.

I like fantasy. I've always been the kind of kid who likes to dream about other things I could be and exotic situations I could be in.

We have one of our greatest human experiences when we get an active idea working in our minds.

You don't get what you deserve, you get what you earn.

I'll take thy word for faith, not ask thine oath; Who shuns not to break one will sure crack both.