The last image I registered was Ethan and my hand – linked, bound and unbreakable.

My wishing star glowed slightly and winked back at me. I could almost hear its voice, tinkling like wind chimes and church bells, reassuring me that everything would return to normal.

Making friends is not a big deal. Replacing me with them after talking to them for only one bloody day is a big deal.

She was merely an actress who had been forced to perform her part on stage without fully knowing her lines. She was not real.

We laughed as we ducked behind a pile of snow. Then our brothers came charging through the barrier, sending the four of us sliding down a white slope full of cherished memories.

I opened my eyes and watched the water stream past me. I let out some of my air and gazed at the cascade of silver bubbles dancing up to the surface.

Maybe I was wrong. Maybe there really is some goodness here in our world. But if goodness existed, that must mean that darkness existed as well.

I brooded over it. If it had been any other dream, I would have ignored it. But it was one of those dreams. One of those purple dreams. One of those dreams that had an unusual tendency to come true.

He is only fifteen! Does she really think he is prepared for marriage, especially with his intellectual range of a teacup?

But what if Oscar—” “Breathes fire and threatens to cook you over a grill?” “I was thinking what if he gets mad, but I think your way works as well.” “Then you shall make for a tasty meal.

I knew that it was impossible for us to be kept apart for too long.

Smoking’s banned in my house. Cigarettes harm your body, ” he said, knocking back half of the bottle of beer.

Adversity only makes us stronger.Every adversity we overcome makes our spirit and soul grow stronger.

Know the rules of child rearing!!Rule one: Physical strength!Rule two: Physical strength!There are no rules three or four, but rule five is physical strength!

Admiration is a very short-lived passion that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object.

The form of computers has never been important, with speed and performance being the only things that mattered.

The photograph gives constant reference to the rectangle. This forces any idea into the confines of pictorial illusionism.

We are each other's harvest; we are each other's business; we are each other's magnitude and bond.

Often, in great discovery the most important thing is that a certain question is found.

Concealed anger is to be feared; but hatred openly manifested destroys its chance of revenge.

There has been a vast output of critical studies in contemporary poetry, some of them first rate, but I do not think that , as a rule, a poet should read them.