My mom said once that education was a privilege not afforded to everyone, but she was wrong--it wasn't a privilege. It was our right. We had the right to a future.

A moment later, Liam's bright blue eyes opened, and he was seeing me. He just wasn't seeing Ruby.

But there's a beginning in an end, you know? It's true that you can't reclaim what you had, but you can lock it up behind you. Start fresh.

Never, never, never. I am never going to forget you.

Let's carpe the hell out of this diem.

But part of surviving is being able to move on.

—I don't want to lose you—Then why are you the one that keeps letting go?

When it came to adults, it was better not to talk. They had a way of hearing one thing and processing it as something else. No reason to give them an excuse to hurt you.

Oh my God, Green, ” I heard Chubs say from somewhere in the room. “Just take the damn socksand put the kid out of his misery.

What was the point of being holed up with someone who didn't believe in me when I had people out there who did?

You'd be surprised how little voice you have when you lose everything.

[defines a madman as] a man who preferred to become mad, in the socially accepted sense of the word, rather than forfeit a certain superior idea of human honor.

Who is content with nothing possesses all things.

Do what is healing to your spirit and without effort you will bring the world healing in return.

Being happy is more important than anything else.

Sensuality takes planning and work.

Everything I thought about acting and having a movie career has changed from what I thought when I started.

Busyness, keeping up with others, hustling hither and yon, makes it almost impossible for an individual to form a heart.

I don't concede it at all that the intelligence at the time was wrong.

The conservative values that are emerging, it may not effect architecture immediately but it will effect society and that's what worries me.