I address the trophy and the warped reflection: All the pain and suffering you've caused me.

There are many ways of getting strong, sometimes talking is the best way.

Frankie's chief virtue in my book is the way he talks about his kids.

Older people make this mistake all the time with younger people, treating them as a finished product when in fact they are in process.

Control what you can control.

Given all that lies beyond mycontrol, I obsess about the few things I can control

The most animated talks we have are about…things

Maybe I don't know yet how to be happy and play well at the same time.

I slide to my knees and say, "Please let this be over." Then, I'm not ready for it to be over.

Love can't exist without happiness. Happiness can't be spontaneous without love.

This was a crime of passion, but unlike most crimes of passion, it had been meticulously and diabolically well-planned.

One fake friend can do more harm than 10 enemies... Be smart choosing your friends.

Being a good loser helps build character, provides valuable lessons, and helps you become mentally prepared for your next challenge.

Failure usually works for me in the end.

Life isn't a race. It's a relay.

I'm not really book-smart.

You know, Roland and I were just talking about how we don't have any pyromaniac friends. And everyone knows you need a good pyro to pull off any reform school prank worth the effort.

There is some kiss we want with your whole lives, the touch of spirit on the body. Seawater begs the pearl to break its shell. And the lily, how passionately it needs some wild darling.

For those orderly folks who have life all neatly arranged in their heads, who do more accepting than questioning, unschooling is a disturbing thing.