Inside Ms. Maddox's classroom, it was so quiet you could hear the breathing bounce off the walls.

My brain was about two eggs past fried.

… the world will indulge you just so long Asher Lev. Then it will stop. You will simply have to grow accustomed to that truth.

I absolutely insist that all my boys are in bed before breakfast

Dawn seemed to follow midnight with indecent haste.

Touring is exciting, fun and the reason why you want to be in a band.

If you release me today, I'll preach tomorrow.

I have unlearned contempt; it is a sin that is engendered earliest in the soul, and doth beset it like a poison worm feeding on all its beauty.

Every person that you meet knows at least one thing that you don't. Don't let them leave without learning it.

Accustom yourself to that which you bear ill, and you will bear it well.

If you're a director, your entire livelihood and your entire creativity is based on your self-confidence. Sometimes that's dangerously close to arrogance.

Yes... well, I used to have a pilot's license.