It doesn't hurt. Nothing hurts except the small smiles and blushes that flash across the room like tiny sparrows.

When people don't express themselves, they die one piece at a time.

I just want to sleep. A coma would be nice. Or amnesia. Anything, just to get rid of this, these thoughts, whispers in my mind. Did he rape my head, too?

Art without emotion its like chocolate cake without sugar. It makes you gag.

Censorship is the child of fear and the father of ignorance.

I wonder how long it would take for anyone to notice if I just stopped talking.

Gym should be illegal. It's humiliating.

It's easier to floss with barbed wire than admit you like someone in middle school.

Too much sun after a Syracuse winter does strange things to your head, makes you feel strong, even if you aren't.

I have survived. I am here. Confused, screwed up, but here. So, how can I find my way? Is there a chain saw of the soul, an ax I can take to my memories or fears?

Mr. Freeman sighs. "No imagination. What are you thirteen? Fourteen? You've already let them beat your creativity out of you!

You don't have the right to complain about your life if you're not willing to change it

1. "What do you really want to get out of life?" 2. "What can you offer the world that no one else can?

Enlightenment isn't found with a full stomach, or on a soft pillow.

how peaceful a bedroom is without a man in it.

Once I fix what kids watch, I'll be moving on to everything else.

As long as the hummingbird had not abandoned the land, somewhere there were still flowers, and they could all go on.

One should be able to teach adequately and feel good about it.

The joy of life consists in the inevitable, continual triumph of new values.

Reggae music is simple music - but it's from the heart. Just as people need water to drink, people also need music. If it is true music, the people will be drawn to it.