This is a book that respects kids and their ideas. And in that regard, it places Chasing Vermeer in the tradition of classic favorites fondly recalled from our own childhoods.

I don't have a short temper, I just have a quick reaction to bullshit

Big girls need big diamonds.

It's all about hope, kindness and a connection with one another.

Put on some lipstick and pull yourself together.

The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they're going to have some pretty annoying virtues.

I feel very adventurous. There are so many doors to be opened, and I'm not afraid to look behind them.

The beauty of fragrance is that it speaks to your heart and hopefully someone else's.

Success is a great deodorant. It takes away all your past smells.

Success is a great deodorant.

It is strange that the years teach us patience; that the shorter our time, the greater our capacity for waiting.

Let me die the moment my love dies. Let me not outlive my own capacity to love. Let me die still loving, and so, never die.

Mistakes are part of the game. It's how well you recover from them, that's the mark of a great player.

'Natural Born Killers' is really a misunderstood romantic comedy.

Fear is nonacceptance of what is.

We do not grow by knowing all of the answers, but rather by living with the questions.

The larger meaning here is that mainstream journalists simply cannot talk about things that the two parties agree on; this is the black hole of American politics.

O Lord, I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since you have spoken to your servant. I am slow of speech and tongue.

Human rights are not a privilege conferred by government. They are every human being's entitlement by virtue of his humanity.

I get a little scared of words like maturity.

You learn by reading but understand by LOVE.