Just remember, Callum when you’re floating up and up in your bubble, that bubbles have a habit of bursting. The higher you climb, the further you have to fall’ - Lynette McGregor

Dear God, please let him have heard me. Please. Please. If you're up there. Somewhere.

So why did you want to kiss me?" "We're friends aren't we?" Callum shrugged. I relaxed into a smile. "Of course we are." "And if you can't kiss your friends who can you kiss?" Callum smiled.

People are people. We'll always find a way to mess up, doesn't matter who's in charge.

Never, ever allow yourself to feel. Feelings kill.

Why was it that when noughts committed criminal acts, the fact that they were noughts was always pointed out? The banker was a Cross. The newsreader didn't even mention it.

Sometimes the things you're convinced you don't want turn out to be the thing you need the most in this world.

A backup plan means somewhere in my head, I think I might fail and that word is not in my vocabulary. Plus I'm too talented to fail.

Boys don't cry, but men do.

The point is, you have family and friends who love you. You have a world out there just waiting for you to conquer it. You have a life that will be anything you make it. That's the point.

That just the way it is. Some things will never change. That's just the way it is. But don't you believe them.

I'm so an all-or-nothing person in dating, always. I'm big on not wasting time. And so, yeah, if something's not working, it's time to not hold people back.

Patriotism is as fierce as a fever, pitiless as the grave, blind as a stone, and irrational as a headless hen.

We didn’t have Facebook in my day, we had a phone book but you wouldn’t waste an afternoon on it

I've been watching 'American Idol' since its debut season in 2002. Back then, America hadn't yet evolved into a gladiatorial cybernation of bloggers, tweeters, and self-ordained voice coaches.

We're always hearing about risk-takers whose risks paid off, but they are no braver than those whose risks end in ridicule.

Democracy, the practice of self-government, is a covenant among free men to respect the rights and liberties of their fellows.

I like it when people are driven. I love that in any field of work, in architecture or whatever. Like Lorne Michaels - he pays attention to every detail.

One that does not think to highly of himself is more than he thinks.

Reality is never more than a first step towards an unknown on the road to which one can never progress very far.

Cheryl Strayed is a courageous, gritty, and deceptively elegant writer.