I simply wanted a kiss. I was a freshman girl who had never been kissed. Never. But I liked the boy, he liked me, and I was going to kiss him. That's the story, the whole story, right there.

No one knows for certain how much impact they have on the lives of other people. Oftentimes, we have no clue. Yet we push it just the same.

Everything...affects everything

After all, how often do we get a second chance?

A lot of you cared, just not enough.

Here's a tip. If you touch a girl, even as joke, and she pushes you off, leave... her... alone. Don't touch her. Anywhere! Just stop. Your touch does nothing but sicken her.

I can't. You can't rewrite the past.

Maybe if I forgot things once in a while, we'd all be a little bit happier.

But I do know which is the least popular. The truth.

I decided to find out how people at school might react if one of the students never came back.

But you can't get away from yourself. You can't decide not to see yourself anymore. You can't decide to turn off the noise in your head.

My wish is to create a huge library of books.

There's a moment in every book when the book turns and it surprises me.

Always the beautiful answer who asks a more beautiful question.

I have little doubt that when St. George had killed the dragon he was heartily afraid of the princess.

I don't want to die before Will Smith 'cause then I miss that awesome 'Fresh Prince of Bel-Air' marathon.

Those engaged in directing the actions of others are always in danger of overlooking the importance of the sequential development of those they direct.

We're much alike, bee, you and me," I said. "You may carry your pack underneath you and your rifle may stick out of your bottom. But you and me, bee, are much alike.

Every one of us sees 'green' differently. So everything is an approximation of understanding.

In some situations I was difficult, in odd moments impossible, in rare moments loathsome, but at my best unapproachably great.

If I set my mind to something I do it. My biggest wish for all of us is that we are happy, successful, and that we stay true to ourselves.