There is no such thing as weak competition

Respect for self is the beginning of cultivating virtue in men and women.

I want you to want me the way I want you. I want you to come to me and tell me that. Then I want you to show me it’s true.- Duke Kylemore to Verity Ashton -

It is much harder to pretend than it is to simply be who you already are.

You eat the wealthy, sir, and it will be your last meal.

When the others were picked up and walked home by friends or fathers or best friend’s sisters, I was the kid in a grey hoodie, walking with the poets, the singers, the thinkers, and I was not alone.

Joy's smile is much closer to tears than laughter.

Duties have been mine; consequences are God's.

There's a feeling that strength is determined by the size of a union. That clearly is nonsense.

Sometimes you think you want to know something, but it's actually more exciting and more resonant when you have to try [and figure it out].

anyway. Leo said, I hope you've got your worksheet, 'cause I used mine for spit wads days ago. Why are you looking at me like that? Somebody draw on my face again?