i felt my being flutter. each tousled head that came through the door i wanted to be his, but no and on, a dozen boys entered, yet not the one.

That I am your heart's secret fills me with song. I wish I could sing of you here in my cage. You are my heart's hidden poem. I reread you, memorize you every moment we're apart.

I would do anything to stay beside you forever.

I couldn't take my eyes off him. Like a desert wanderer afraid of mirages, I gazed at my oasis, but he was real.

Your mind will never lose anything forever that's worth keeping.

I had asked her for help, and she had sent me to the lions. I knew that she was trying to save her little girl, but sometimes mothers with the best intentions kill their daughters all the same.

Like a glimpse of eternity instantly forgotten. She is gone.

Those who cry to be young again should think twice before they seal those prayers.

...You deserve to be happy. What can I do?" Don't send me away, I thought. He looked at me again. "What do you want?" "I want to taste an apple," I said. And your lips, I thought.

It´s hard to have you with me but not to be able to take your hand or kiss you -James

Books are boring," James said as he wrote. "They line the walls like a thousand leather doorways to be opened into worlds unknown," I offered.

Pictures could not be accessories to the story -- evidence -- they had to contain the story within the frame

True freedom is the ability to respond consciously, in the most beneficial way, to whatever life throws at you.

I shall not be deprived ... of a comfort in the worst event, if I retain a consciousness of having acted to the best of my judgment.

Your great puddin' of a son don' need fattin' anymore Dursley, don't worry

Fear in the mind causes stress in the body.

Natural fact is, I can't pay my taxes. Make me wanna holler and throw up on my hands.

You think, "Aw man, I would never want somebody else's poop on my hand," but when it's your child, "Oh, it's not that bad, I'll just wash it off."

I had a publisher who felt comics were just for little kiddies, so he never wanted me to use words of more than two syllables.

My boyfriend thinks it's crazy that I wear a different bikini every day on holiday.

I studied one term of law and then came to realize I had a little better fastball and curve than I did a vocabulary.