Secretly, I'm a real big nerd. I'd rather stay home and play Scrabble than go to a Hollywood party, any day of the week. And I love reading about history and watching the Discovery Channel.

I was named after my mother's maiden name.

It's a little hard not to worry when my best friend keeps on dying.

Sheep are always looking for a new shepherd when the terrain gets rocky.

The dark-haired girl behind Winston had begun crying out: 'Swine! Swine! Swine!', and suddenly she picked up a heavy Newspeak dictionary and flung it at the screen.

And besides, I couldn't stay at the party. It was too dangerous. I nearly died.""From what?""Boredom.

Breathe when you breathe. Walk where you walk. Talk when you talk. Cry when you cry. Die when you die. Let go when you let go.

I think it's very funny that someone would exaggerate to make himself look worse.

She whom I love is hard to catch and conquer, Hard, but O the glory of the winning were she won!

The older you get, you can be less inspired.

Perhaps the Wilderness we fear is the pause between our own heartbeats, the silence that reminds us we live by grace.

Love's just one of the ways through, and it can go wrong, and miss. Pain never misses. But therefore we don't have much choice about enduring it! We will, whether we want to or not.