People dreamed. People left. And they all came back.

I thought maybe a day was coming when I'd stop constantly worrying about how to live. Maybe at some point I'd just start living, no questions asked.

I often found myself in situations where I had, without thinking, said too much to too many with too little caution.

A sibling represents a person's past, present, and future.

I can't seem to be a pessimist long enough to overlook the possibility of things being overwhelmingly good.

I jotted down Oslo After Death. This would be a great title for a book, I thought. That is what I do sometimes. I jot down titles for books that I one day intend to write.

But in that moment I understood what they say about nostalgia, that no matter if you're thinking of something good or bad, it always leaves you a little emptier afterward.

We all get lots of people. And maybe we don’t always get to have them the exact way we want them, but if we can figure out a way to compromise, you know, then we can keep them all.

But she believed there was a thin line between accepting one's fears and giving in to them altogether.

What he feared the most was that all this hiding had made it impossible for him to ever be found again.

Everyone just outgrew me. Now I think I'm just haunting them.

There’s no law against admiring a best friend’s sister.

Most people decide to be a force of good when they either reach rock bottom, are trying to go to heaven, or find out that being good helps hold things together

Either find a way, or make one....You can bend but you can never break if you want to achieve excellence.

Fake news has been around as long as news has been around.

There has to be a common sense cutoff for craziness, and when that threshold is exceeded, then the criteria for publication should get far, far more stringent.

Where'er a noble deed is wrought, Where'er is spoken a noble thought, Our hearts in glad surprise To higher levels rise.

Art is not necessary at all. All that is necessary to make this world a better place to live in is to love - to love as Christ loved, as Buddha loved.

I always felt that rap didn't cause crime; it just reflected it.

Objects let you tell a narrative that encompasses everybody. Texts don't.

I feel like everything has happened naturally.