I was isolated but not ostracized, ignored but not abused.

I got lost in him, and it was the kind of lost that's exactly like being found.

No one's family is normal. Normalcy is a lie invented by advertising agencies to make the rest of us feel inferior.

Sometimes people say that kids with autism aren't capable of love. That's ridiculous. My son loves deeply. He's just doesn't communicate well.

Every guy seems nice until he’s not.

But I know how this romantic stuff works: one girl's perfect guy is another girl's reject. And right now I'm glad of it.

..."And then we played Ping-Pong—” “Not pool? I always assumed he was a billiards man—I mean, it’s so handy the way he keeps a stick up his—

Value people because of who they were deep down, not because of their names or their parents’ clout.

Basically, the world is a giant shithole. But some of us are capable of imagining something better.

Juliana's a year older than me, but she sometimes seems younger - mostly because she's the opposite of cynical and I'm the opposite of the opposite of cynical.

He can’t ground her if he’s already killed her,” I pointed out when Juliana quoted this to me. “Well, he can, but it wouldn’t have the same impact.

Not only is the experience of learning inspiring, the results are fulfilling.

You learn a lot from the people in your life who value you and for the ones that don't you learn forgiveness~

Talent, like beauty, to be pardoned, must be obscure and unostentatious.

There's nothing more dangerous than a place that doesn't exist.

The only people who make love all the time are liars.

I created a vision of David in my mind and simply carved away everything that was not David.

He remembers the five rules of combat set down by Chuan Tzu - faith, companions, time, space and strategy.

It's clear that it is in the best interest of business to be part of the conservation, along with governments and civil society.

There is no security, no safety, in the appeasement of evil.

Without greater support for childcare, parents of young children may be forced to choose cheaper, poor quality care for their children or fail to provide it entirely.