There's no romance in geometry, " Lindsey answered. "Just you wait.

The missing piece in his stomach hurt so much-and eventually he stopped thinking about the Theorem and wondered only how something that isn't there can hurt you.

I just want to do something that matters. Or be something that matters. I just want to matter.

I figured something out. The future is unpredictable.

Do you know what your problem is? You can't live with the idea that someone might leave.

He liked the mere act of reading, the magic of turning scratches on a page into words inside his head.

The future lay before him, inevitable but invisible.

All hurt is brain hurt.

Ergo: girls should always make the first move, because (a) they are, on the whole, less likely to be rejected than guys, (b) that way, girls will never get kissed unless they want to be kissed.

Maybe life is not about accomplishing some bullshit markers.

People are supposed to care. It's good that people mean something to you, that you miss people when they're gone.

Lightness can be found after the dark

I love chicken. I would eat chicken fingers on Thanksgiving if it were socially acceptable.

Ye flowers that drop, forsaken by the spring, Ye birds that, left by summer, cease to sing, Ye trees that fade, when Autumn heats remove, Say, is not absence death to those who love?

Without humility of heart all the other virtues by which one runs toward God seem - and are - absolutely worthless.

The crux of the matter, is that people don't understand the true nature of money. It is meant to circulate, not be wrapped up in a stocking

My father was a very good craftsman. He made furniture, he made silverware and he had an incredible gift in terms of how you can make something yourself.

Sometimes they work, and sometimes they just won't. Sometimes you get hung up on them. When that happens, you just throw it back, and maybe come back to it two or three weeks later.

I always played like this, unpredictable.

Home," he repeated. "Home is where the heart is. Why don't you leave yours here? I'll take very good care of it.

It's not impressive to get in a fight, but if one does happen, you've gotta be ready to handle it. Every girl, not just biker chicks, knows what kind of guy can.