I would pick them when they bloomed. And when she called me home for supper, I'd place them in her hair and the contrast would take my breath away.

What’s the difference between a trip and a journey?" "Narnie, my love, when we get there, you’ll understand.

What do you want from me?" he asks. What I want from every person in my life, I want to tell him. More.

Hold my hand because I might disappear.

But grief makes a monster out of us sometimes . . . and sometimes you say and do things to the people you love that you can't forgive yourself for.

Do you think people have noticed that I'm around?" "I notice when you're not. Does that count?

No," I say, looking up at Griggs. "It's actually because my heart belongs to someone else." And if I could bottle the look on his face, I'd keep it by my bedside for the rest of my life.

The truth doesn't set you free, you know. It makes you feel awkward and embarrassed and defenseless and red in the face and horrified and petrified and vulnerable.

I think if I'm ever asked to recall what Year 12 was all about, I'll remember it as one big cappuccino experience.

It's like you have a plan and someone comes along and makes you want to change it all, but you still like your first plan, no matter how fantastic the second one makes you feel.

Maybe memories should be left the way they are.

It is best to act with confidence no matter how little right you have to it.

Whatever keeps me from my Bible is my enemy, however harmless it may appear to be.

The only time I penetrated Tony Blair's defenses over Iraq was by keeping eye contact while telling him he never seemed to by sorry

Teachers are the most important individuals in our society - nothing is as powerful as the human touch in education.

I damaged my Achilles tendon, so I can't run.

I've seen my own death in dreams like this and it's helped me appreciate life more. I've also seen my own life in dreams and it's helped me appreciate death more.

It might be inevitable that we have to confront the idea that our destiny is to be one world with one language.

This is your life, Larry. Learn to enjoy what you've got.

Whoever the master is whom you prefer, this must only be a directive for you. Otherwise you will never be anything but an imitator.

No one wants to be pretentious about what they do or take it seriously, because that is just weird.