Maybe I was a bad kid. But I was also slowly turning to stone.

They take you. They treat you. They transform you.

All it took was a couple weeks and boom--they sucked the crazy out of you and your soul went with it.

Becoming nothing and no one was something she knew how to do.

Do not be afraid. Do not be satisfied with mediocrity. Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.

Interestingly, being yourself allows others to be themselves. Even with crazy imperfections, being a bona fide genuine person is the best any of us can be—messy flaws and all!

Maybe the reason why all the doors are closed so you could open one that leads you to the perfect road.

Positive thinking can move mountains, fill up valleys and it can make dry bones to become alive again.

Probably every new and eagerly expected garment ever put on since clothes came in, fell a trifle short of the wearer's expectation.

I hate sequels. They're never as good as the first book.

I wish it grew on trees, but it takes hard work to make money.

I'd probably have to leave home in order to become a basketball player of any note.

Setting goals is good to do, to make your dreams come true for you.

When one hears the argument that marriage should be indissoluble for the sake of children, one cannot help wondering whether the protagonist is really such a firm friend of childhood.