Watch it, ' her mom snapped. 'Don't start a fight just because it's the easiest thing to do.

People dreamed. People left. And they all came back.

I thought maybe a day was coming when I'd stop constantly worrying about how to live. Maybe at some point I'd just start living, no questions asked.

I often found myself in situations where I had, without thinking, said too much to too many with too little caution.

A sibling represents a person's past, present, and future.

I can't seem to be a pessimist long enough to overlook the possibility of things being overwhelmingly good.

I jotted down Oslo After Death. This would be a great title for a book, I thought. That is what I do sometimes. I jot down titles for books that I one day intend to write.

But in that moment I understood what they say about nostalgia, that no matter if you're thinking of something good or bad, it always leaves you a little emptier afterward.

We all get lots of people. And maybe we don’t always get to have them the exact way we want them, but if we can figure out a way to compromise, you know, then we can keep them all.

But she believed there was a thin line between accepting one's fears and giving in to them altogether.

What he feared the most was that all this hiding had made it impossible for him to ever be found again.

Find yourself, and once you do never let go

I'm not one of those "omg texting kids rite bad" alarmists. I just think there's an interesting nexus where the Internet itself hastened language change when it comes to Internet terms.

I have some problems with conventional organized religion.

My looks are changing obviously, so I fuss like any woman if I look tired or whatever, I put on weight and blah, blah. But some part of me is very relaxed with it all.

I want to be like Robin Williams, really. It's all the different characters he does, all the different voices.

The shift in the world begins with a shift in our thinking. Shifting our thinking does not change the world, but it creates a condition where the shift in the world becomes possible.

The international game has changed for bidding cities.

I believe in what I do. I mean, I don't go out - I don't have the clothes or drink anymore, I don't do drugs or any of that. I used to. But I got very ready to get me out of the house.

All men should have a drop of treason in their veins, if nations are not to go soft like so many sleepy pears.

Walk your dogs on the beach that's my luxury. The food's not so good in West Palm, but you can't have it all.