Kind eyes under all the mascara.

Because even if the whole world was throwing rocks at you, if you still had your mother or father at your back, you'd be okay.

The triumph of hope over experience.

All Chelsea's internet dates were gorgeous. Until she met them.

They were like animals, men. They found too much eye contact threatening.

She was always tired, these days. She put on one of those smiles that wasn’t really a smile at all, and they went on.

Real friends were the kind where you pick up where you’d left off, whether it be a week since you’d seen each other or two years.

A face whose emotions had not yet been battered by experience.

He dropped his head and kissed her. He kisses her and it was a kiss of utter certainty, the kind of kiss during which monarchs die and whole continents fall without your even noticing.

Because even if the whole world was throwing rocks at you, if you still had your mother or father at your back, you’d be okay.

She had the world’s worst poker face: her feelings floated across them like reflections on a still pond.

If she lives, she shall be my wedded wife. If she dies--mother, I can't speak of what I shall feel if she dies." His voice was choked in his throat.

Another day another life Passes by just like mine It's not complicated Another mind Another soul Another body to grow old It's not complicated

Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in hospitals dying of nothing.

I'll watch a Keanu Reeves movie and I'll go, 'Wow, he's really not a very good actor!'

To avoid the various foolish opinions to which mankind are prone, no superhuman genius is required. A few simple rules will keep you, not from all error, but from silly error.

In friendship your heart is like a bell struck every time your friend is in trouble.

Some people will like me and some won't. So I might as well be myself, and then at least I'll know that the people who like me, like me.

Ask not what your community can do for you; ask what your community can not do for anyone else.

Is there a connection between language and magic? Yes. Ten times yes. So much yes that it almost doesn't bear talking about. It's as pointless that arguing that the sun is hot.

But generally speaking, I tend to be quiet and introspective.