Yes," he said. "You were strong. You were brave. You were good. You mattered.

I like colorful tales with black beginnings and stormy middles and cloudless blue-sky endings. But any story will do.

Homework, I have discovered, involves a sharp pencil and thick books and long sighs.

When I'm drawing a picture, I feel...quiet inside.

Death's gruesome face taunts: soulless eyes, crimson grimace. I really hate clowns.

Growing up gorilla is just like any other kind of growing up. You make mistakes. You play. You learn. You do it all over again.

I think that in many ways, just as forgiveness is impossible without love, sometimes love requires forgiveness for it to work, too.

Her eyes hold the pale moon in them, the way a still pond holds stars.

Pain is life. Life is pain.

Old age is a powerful disguise.

Mosquitoes are the greatest mass murderers on planet Earth.

If you fall for someone, make sure they’re there to catch you.

I am the vessel. The draft is God's. And God is the thirsty one.

There is no change in the top six of division 2, except that Leeds have moved into the top six

It is manifestly contrary to the law of nature, however defined, that a handful of people should gorge themselves with superfluities while the hungry majority goes in need of necessities.

Copying is not theft. Because when you steal something it means the other person doesn't have it anymore.

Listen, I've always been very headstrong.

I do think Under Armour is setting a new example for what a ballerina is, and that you can be feminine and an athlete and represent what a woman is at the same time.

A person carries off the hat. Hats are about emotion. It is all about how it makes you feel.

You remember our talk about purpose and meaning?" he asked me, the smile disappearing. "Well, I think this might be mine. I think this is what I was meant to do, Georgina.

The whole is greater than the sum of its parts. The part is greater than its role in the whole.