Our relationship, our shared support, our consistency, is unrivaled by any other connection.

One of the blessings of becoming an adult is finally seeing my mom and dad as people, not just parents.

During adolescence, friends bring an intimate quality of support that can't be provided by any adult.

The comfort of our peer-connections is reflected in our most honest and direct hand-holding. When we trip, they are the first ones to pull us back up.

We are troubled, but we have hope and tremendous promise.

Growing up sometimes forces us to confront the distance between our childhood hope and the truth.

It is your future that really matters.

If you can't love yourself, how can you love others?

I'd rather speak into someone's life than out of their life!" EL

The most difficult adversary I have ever faced happens to look just like me.

Jealousy is a dog's bark which attracts thieves.

I lived with my mom in a really small apartment. My bedroom was like in the living room. That's why I still love to sleep on couches now.

Boys can see adventure in a dirty old duck puddle, and if the Scoutmaster is a boys' man he can see it, too.

Apart from two periods of intense study, of music between the ages of 12 and 14 and of mathematics between the ages of 14 and 16, I coasted, daydreaming, through most of my school years.

You can't predict what someone else is going to do and when someone else is going to leave

Who am I? How did I come into the world? Why was I not consulted?