You think I don't know about wrong love, June? You think I don't understand embarrassing love?

There's just something beautiful about walking on snow that nobody else has walked on. It makes you believe you're special.

Nothing had changed. I was the stupid one again. I was the girl who never understood who she was to people.

My mother gave me a disappointed look. Then I gave her one back. Mine was for everything, not just the sandwich.

I only need one good friend to see me through. Most people aren't like that. Most people are always looking out for more people to know.

I had no idea how greedy my heart really was.

Sometimes it feels good to take the long way home.

I need to figure out the secret. I need to work out how to keep things flying back to me instead of always flying away.

I stared hard, trying to find a pattern. Thinking if I kept looking hard enough, maybe the pieces of the world would fit back together into something I could understand.

I was in a place where nobody knew my heart even a little bit.

I go to the movies whenever I get the chance, because the movie theater is like the woods. It's another place that's like a time machine.

Growth-oriented performance demands sustained entrepreneurial efforts.

Passion is good, but Pros have purpose and realism.

Why not go out on a limb? Isn't that where the fruit is?

People say that human rights is a Western construct foisted on others. But that's not true. Equality, dignity, respect and justice are as much an integral part of the Islamic tradition.

Friends and acquaintances are the surest passport to fortune.

When Knaves betray each other, one can scarce be blamed or the other pitied.

I think the interesting aspect of life is that you're always sort of in the middle. You're never the youngest and you're never the oldest.

I haven't ever gone to any Mensa meetings.

What a terrible mistake to let go of something wonderful for something real.

Look, as a painted man is no man, and as painted fire is no fire, so a cold prayer is no prayer.