I had liked him for all the wrong reasons.

Some of us get dipped in flat, some in satin, some in gloss...." He turned to me. "But every once in a while, you find someone who's iridescent, and when you do, nothing will ever compare.

What he did to my heart was sheer, inexplicable, magic.

...Next time you're faced with a choice, do the right thing. It hurts everyone less in the long run.

If chaos is a necessary step in the organization of one's universe, then I was well on my way.

Sometimes a little discomfort in the beginning can save a whole lot of pain down the road.

Proper lighting is everything, Julianna.

One's character is set at an early age. The choices you make now will affect you for the rest of your life. I hate to see you swim out so far you can't swim back.

It's easy to look back and see it, and it's easy to give the advice. But the sad fact is, most people don't look beneath the surface until it's too late.

The room fell quiet. And as I read down the list of over one hundred and fifty eight-grade boys, I realized that to me, there had only ever been one boy.

You can't dwell on what might have been...and it's not fair to condemn him for something he hasn't done.

How a Plain horse and wagon on Mulberry Street, Grows into a story Thet no one can beat

To be adult is to be alone (etre adulte c'est etre seul).

A man only becomes wise when he begins to calculate the approximate depth of his ignorance.

Men are but children of a larger growth, Our appetites as apt to change as theirs, And full as craving too, and full as vain.

He also knew that rivals are best unmanned by being ignored.

When I was 17 - 16, my father and I cut wood all day long and I was swinging that crosscut saw and hauling wood.

Muses had a way of killing those whom they inspired.

Wanting something to make you happy is a sure way to be miserable.

I went through puberty in a theme park. I'm grateful. That place was a landscape to me. I had adventures every day.

In the rest of Nirvana all sorrows surcease: Only Buddha can guide to that city of Peace Whose inhabitants have the eternal release.