Sometimes kids just act impulsively, but it's because we have strong feelings, not because we're trying to make trouble.

Life is short and there will always be dirty dishes, so let's dance.

Sticks and stones may break our bones, but names will break our spirit.

The future is a trickster rabbit, full of surprises. Only the past is predictable. -Bobby Goodspeed

Banning books is just another form of bullying. It's all about fear and an assumption of power. The key is to address the fear and deny the power.

And that's an even greater love: to love somebody when he's a little...worn at the edges. —Teddy Bear

Dear Skeezie, Today I ran after a boy as he was trying to get away. I tackled him and we both landed in the mud. Do you think I appeared desperate?-Joe Bunch

I am about to stop being a get-along kind of guy and turn into somebody who makes a difference.

Sometimes I wish I were a character in a book and there was a writer out there giving me things to say.

A day can start out ordinary and end up being in the top ten. —Joe Bunch

There's no such thing as a wasted wish.

There are more things in Heaven and Earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.

You can recover from the state of shock.

Here thou, great Anna! Whom three realms obey, / Dost sometimes counsel take—and sometimes tea.

Falling out of love is like losing weight. It's a lot easier putting it on than taking it off.

If I can laugh, I can live.

The real trouble with the writing game is that no general rule can be worked out for uniform guidance, and this applies to sales as well as to writing.

There is a much bigger picture we are all striving for. To sweat the small stuff just stresses you out for no reason.

Media are means of extending and enlarging our organic sense lives into our environment.

The laws are with us, and God on our side.

Are you calling me out? (Varyk) I’m calling you slow. Not out. (Dev)