People are locked up in all sorts of ways.

The great thing about a short story is that it doesn't have to trawl through someone's whole life; it can come in glancingly from the side.

The world is always changing brightness and hotness and soundness, I never know how it's going to be the next minute.

Scared is what you're feeling. Brave is what you're doing.

I look back one more time. It's like a crater, a hole where something happened.

Ma's still nodding. "You're the one who matters, though. Just you." I shake my head till it's wobbling because there's no just me.

It’s called mind over matter. If we don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.” When a bit of me hurts, I always mind.

Books are the air I breathe, so I don't notice the seasons.

If I was made of cake I'd eat myself before somebody else could.

I remember manners, that's when people are scared to make other persons mad.

When I tell her what I’m thinking and she tells me what she’s thinking, our each ideas jumping into the other’s head, like coulouring blue crayon on top of yellow that makes green.

The things I do are known to the world, but why I do them is my secret alone.

Love is a feeling that is imposed on you. You cannot be lazy

What are you grateful for? Get in the habit of being grateful, even for a small thing. It opens up your energy for positivity and blessings to flow to you.

If a man is not aware of the existence of the moon, what can the moon do for him except continue sending its lights upon him?

Never say never, dear. You might be surprised at what you can do, should circumstances dictate

There are definitely aspects of that kind of stuff. The whole team [of Legends of Tommorow] gets thrown together. They don't really know each other like that. They haven't worked together before.

Our music's kind of about taking something ugly and making it beautiful.

Trying to fix another person will only add to my anxiety. Letting Jesus work on me is where real progress can happen.

You need people around you that care about you and are thinking about you in your best interest. And keep your mind straight.

Lincoln was known to have walked miles to borrow books, to get the most rudimentary form of education. So what do we do on his birthday? We close the schools!