It was beyond embarrassing or humiliating or even mortifying. It was ego-slaying!

Some of us get dipped in flat, some in satin, some in gloss...." He turned to me. "But every once in a while, you find someone who's iridescent, and when you do, nothing will ever compare.

Sometimes I get so caught up in my own problems that I forget how amazing the world is.

Maybe my mother's right. Maybe there is more to Bryce Loski than I know. Maybe it's time to meet him in the proper light.

What he did to my heart was sheer, inexplicable, magic.

...and I realized that Garrett was right about one thing- I had flipped. Completely.

...Next time you're faced with a choice, do the right thing. It hurts everyone less in the long run.

A painting is more than the sum of its parts

If chaos is a necessary step in the organization of one's universe, then I was well on my way.

Somehow the silence seemed to connect us in a way like words never could. - Julianna Baker

I wipe away my tears and nod, because the pain in my leg is nothing compare to the one in my heart.

The life you wish you had will come by working like you never have.

Man is flawed

Astrophysics. 'It's a super-long shot' is practically the motto of our profession.

I enjoy meeting not only contemporary children, but yesterday's children as well. It's nice to talk about the experiences we shared, they tell me, 'You were a good friend.' That's the warmest part.

The green reed which bends in the wind is stronger than the mighty oak which breaks in a storm.

He who confers a favor should at once forget it, if he is not to show a sordid ungenerous spirit. To remind a man of a kindness conferred and to talk of it, is little different from reproach.

My affection for Taiwan... is witnessed by everyone. My wife is Taiwanese and I am a son-in-law of Taiwan. I am half Taiwanese.

May the God of your choice bless you.

Never depend on the multitude, full of instability and whims; always take precautions against it.

If we learned all we needed to know in kindergarten, it was promptly drummed out of us in first grade.