The gods do make playthings of us ... but it is we mortals who provide them with the tools.

What’s the difference between a trip and a journey?" "Narnie, my love, when we get there, you’ll understand.

What do you want from me?" he asks. What I want from every person in my life, I want to tell him. More.

Hold my hand because I might disappear.

But grief makes a monster out of us sometimes . . . and sometimes you say and do things to the people you love that you can't forgive yourself for.

Do you think people have noticed that I'm around?" "I notice when you're not. Does that count?

No," I say, looking up at Griggs. "It's actually because my heart belongs to someone else." And if I could bottle the look on his face, I'd keep it by my bedside for the rest of my life.

The truth doesn't set you free, you know. It makes you feel awkward and embarrassed and defenseless and red in the face and horrified and petrified and vulnerable.

I think if I'm ever asked to recall what Year 12 was all about, I'll remember it as one big cappuccino experience.

It's like you have a plan and someone comes along and makes you want to change it all, but you still like your first plan, no matter how fantastic the second one makes you feel.

Maybe memories should be left the way they are.

Do not let your hearts be overwhelmed by adversity. May you have the strength, hope and courage to overcome the situation.

Practice, the master of all things.

Always have a collection of your favorite CDs with you.

This guy [Tim Kaine] is every bit as radical as Barack Obama is. Every bit.

Every time I go to Washington, I break out in a cold sweat. So I try not to spend too much time there.

If, like Jacob, you trust God in little things, He may answer you by great things.

Goals determine what your going to be

The world says of marriage: A short joy and a long displeasure. But he who understands it finds in it delight, love, and joy without ceasing.

Most human beings still cannot trust love.

forgive me also that I didn't fight like Lord Byron for the happiness of captive peoples that I watched only risings of the moon and museums