Ranking where people stand in your life and who they are to you helps you determine who you value the most and therefore where best to spend your time.

I would rather have 1 amazing best friend than 100 decent regular friends. It's not about quantity, it's about quality.

Add your splash of color to the world.

It allows you to be yourself, good and bad. And it's a two-way street: you give and take equally.

I grew it - sorry, drew it - for this book, if for no other reason than to illustrate the old saying that the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

Friends are not a number. You can't collect connections. You can't just go out one day and be like, "Hey, I need some friends!" *goes shopping, scours social media*

Now, four years out of high school, I'm in an environment where people appreciate personality over appearance, and that makes me happy.

Some call it growing up. I call it life, and in my experience, it doesn't necessarily get easier over the years. But the eternal struggle is beautiful, and I'm happy to persevere.

I think I've lived quite the unorthodox life so far, but you probably feels that way about yourself too. So much goes untold in our lives.

It's funny reading about how I behaved in the days before memories formed. So thanks for that input, Mom and Dad - wasn't so bad after all.

Every second seems like an eternity if someone you love is in trouble.

I have learned to have more trust in the scientist than he does in himself.

We were enjoying one of those rare summers of utter freedom – no financial responsibility, no debts, no time owing to anybody.

I feel very blessed to have been involved with some of the most complex surgical procedures in the history of the world.

I came into this whole business by going to see Rock Against Racism gigs with the Clash.

We are not only talking about waves of refugees coming to Greece, to Italy, and elsewhere. Destabilizing the Balkans means Lebanonization, and that means destabilizing all of Europe.

Zen pretty much comes down to three things -- everything changes; everything is connected; pay attention.

The brain appears to have been designed to solve problems related to surviving in an outdoor setting, in unstable meteorological conditions, and to do so in near constant motion.

I think New York will always be this incredible international crossroads, and I don't think that will ever change.

Like timidity, bravery is also contagious.

Long live all us crazy soldiers Who were born under calico skies May we never be called to handle All the weapons of war we despise