No spinning," I said. I wasn't sure my head or heart could take it. Up close, he was so warm, and so beautiful. I was already dizzy enough.

He's so busy looking inside people to find the good that he misses the knife they're holding in their hand.

I bet it gets pretty lonely with only your ego for company.

The thing that scares me is that some part of me understands where they're coming from. They took everything from us, you know? Why shouldn’t we be able to take it back if we have the power to?

If you're going to knock down my suggestion, you'd better have one to replace it.

And people like you are the reason we have middle fingers.

I used to dream about turning back time, about reclaiming the things I'd lost and the person I used to be.

He's just like a stallion. Wild and kicking on the outside, but a heart soft as satin on the inside. Just waiting for the right girl to break him in.

You get a good review, and it’s like crack. You need another hit. And another. And another. I know authors are like Tinkerbell and generally need applause to survive, but it’s a slippery slope.

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

The darkest minds never fade in the afterlight.

Percy looked at his friends. “I’m getting tired of this guy’s shirt.

Living appears good, long, and tiresome, but it is way too short than a single stroke of lightning.

Anyone fighting for freedom does not want to totally lose their freedom.

There has been grave error. I do not mean so much error of doctrine as error of emphasis.

All my favorite songwriters are American - Jad Fair, Jonathan Richman and Jeffrey Lewis.

... sooner or later she had to give up the hope for a better past.

The dread of futility has been my life-long plague.

Men like women who know how to be subtle.

And by his smile, I knew that sullen hall, By his dead smile I knew we stood in Hell.

Readers must be given room to bring their own emotions to a piece so crammed with emotional content; the writer must tenaciously resist explaining why the material is so moving.