He tried not to laugh, but he wasn't good at controlling all the laughter that lived inside of him.

The summer sun was not meant for boys like me. Boys like me belonged to the rain.

Another secret of the universe: Sometimes pain was like a storm that came out of nowhere. The clearest summer could end in a downpour. Could end in lightning and thunder.

I wondered if my smile was as big as hers. Maybe as big. But not as beautiful.

Water was something he loved, something he respected. He understood its beauty and its dangers. He talked about swimming as if it were a way of life.

I bet you could sometimes find all the mysteries of the universe in someone's hand.

How could I have ever been ashamed of loving Dante Quintana?

The day he came home from the hospital, he cried. I held him. I thought he would never stop.I knew that a part of him would never be the same.They cracked more than his ribs.

You can’t expect to go both ways when you’re driving on a one-way street.

It started to rain and we just sat. Sat and watched the rain in silence.

Everyone was always becoming someone else.Sometimes, when you were older, you became someone younger. And me, I felt old. How can aguy who’s about to turn seventeen feel old?

I have not learned a single lesson, been inspired or impacted by another person’s life void of negative experiences.

You never kill anyone you want to kill in a war, he said to himself.

By the power of the Tri-Force, I command you to "-------

Its as boring to see a completely evil villain as it is to see a completely good guy.

Life is tough, and if we don't laugh, we're going to - our head will explode.

Fed role - legal system, currency & defense, within its means.

Let no one ignorant of Mathematics enter here.

If you think the left are going to give you your country back without a fight, you are sadly mistaken. Every day - every day, it is going to be a fight.

Great fury, like great whisky, requires long fermentation.