No one here is embarrassed of their gift.

It's easy to say you don't care about money when you have plenty of it.

...slow and drunk is no match for fast and scared shitless.

She moved to pinch me again but I blocked her hand. I'm no expert on girls, but when one tries to pinch you four times, I'm pretty sure that's flirting.

I didn’t know what to call it, what was happening between us, but I liked it. It felt silly and fragile and good.

Have they built cities on the moon?" another boy asked hopefully."We left some garbage and a flag there in the sixties, but thats about it.

Will you quit shouting and let me bleed in peace!

That was our friendship: equal parts irritation and cooperation.

..he had trampled her poor, pining heart, and the wound was still raw, even these many years later.

It seemed like my parents were always trying to get me to care about money, but I didn’t, really. Then again, it's easy to say you don't care about money when you have plenty of it.

They may love you', she whispered, 'but they'll never understand.

Isn't it splendid to think of all the things there are to find out about? It just makes me feel glad to be alive--it's such an interesting world

Don't say you miss me when it's your fault I'm gone

As regards the extraordinary prizes, the element of luck is the determining factor.

Theres heaven in the sweet by and by but there is to be victory in the nasty now and now.

Actually, when I write, there is a feeling of necessity, of something that is stronger than myself that demands that I must write as I write.

I found out that there weren't too many limitations, if I did it my way.

George, if you had to do it all over, would you fall in love with yourself again?

Plot idea: 97% of the world's scientists contrive an environmental crisis, but are exposed by a plucky band of billionaires & oil companies.

Part of life is learning what to be ashamed of and what to be proud of.

How strangely is antiquity treated! To answer some purposes it is spoken of as the times of darkness and ignorance, and to answer others, it is put for the light of the world.