Christopher was wearing a suit and adorned make-up. As long as I had known him, he never wore a suit or make-up. The look of him defenseless to his appearance saddened me.

There are moments in our lives that define the people we will become in the future, like a symptom before an ailment, or the catalyst before the cure.

The price of coming from a small town is that everyone knows your story. Your book has been read, shelved, dusted, and re-read by everybody.

Popularity is like a girl in class that you can't ignore. She give you eyes when no one looks then turns to her friends and laughs some more.

Society gets by from the help of its citizens.

I guess what's most important is that we chose to live with our hearts open and to let our experiences show us the way towards our brightest days.

Couples swayed and embraced to the beat as the singer's vocals soared above a group of confused teenagers and twenty-something's.

What were we, but kids with apartments and jobs anyway?

Dream-start with dream. Start tonight-become who you want-dream big!" He became animated at this point, "No money needed for dreams. Dreams are free.

In times such as these, life often begs us to seek answers when in reality there are only questions available.

It’s funny how books can change you. You open up a book and one minute you are who you’ve always been, then you read some random passage and you become someone else.

Do not take the grace of God for granted.

A change is as good as a rest.

I'm well aware that there is no job more important than that of raising a child, but the problem is that it isn't valued.

The world is round and the place which may seem like the end may also be only the beginning.

To love is to destroy, to destroy is to love. -Jace Herondale

When you become comfortable with uncertainty, infinite possibilities open up in your life.

If you're lucky enough to pick what you do, that's the greatest career you can have. Ultimately, that's my goal: to have choices.

We'll be passing tax relief for small business owners and working families across the country.

I think good teachers are underpaid.