The thought of friends or family enjoying themselves in my absence gives me the heebie-jeebies.

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.

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.

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.

The price you have to pay to be great at something - is repetition.

Lust, forgetful of future suffering, hurries us along the forbidden path.

To be a philosophical sceptic is, in a man of letters, the first and most essential to being a sound, believing Christian.

In all societies that have applied a form of socialism, a certain degree of social economic equality has been achieved.

Liszt's so-called piano music is nothing but Chopin and brandy.

With the chronic obesity in America, it's more important than ever to not only feed kids healthy foods but to teach them how to make healthy choices on their own.

I'm not afraid to say I'm very comfortable with who I am and I love who I love.

You have to defend your character. That's your job, if they're hiring you. That doesn't mean you can't collaborate, but you do have to make some big, bold choices. We do that in real life, too.

Purity of life is the highest and truest art.

Every soul pursues the good and does whatever it does for its sake.