Mom used to tell me not to worry when people didn't get me. People throw rocks at things that shine - from the mixed up files of Tilly Adam's journal

You only live once, right?""Not true, " Quinn said, "you live every day. You only die once.

Everyone knew that bugs traveled in packs. Only the stupid ones got caught. The smart ones lay in wait for her to go to sleep so they could attack.

Some people aren't meant to stay in your life. But, that doesn't mean you can't carry a piece of them in your heart.

There's a big difference between want and need, " she muttered to herself, picking her pad and pen back up. "I mean I want a bikini body, but I need chicken nuggets.

Having plans sounds like a good idea - until you have to put on clothes and leave your house.

To my beloved friends, there’s simply no life without you guys. Thanks for the advice and the love and the billion dinners and laughs. Without you all . . . I’d look for new friends and get them.

I've been absolutely terrified every moment of my life - and I've never let it keep me from doing a single thing I wanted to do.

Boredom is the conviction that you can't change ... the shriek of unused capacities.

It is ourselves that we must spread under Christ's feet, not coats nor lifeless branches or shoots of trees.

I don't sign for white people.

I've seen plenty of ballplayers way better than me, but they didn't have the work ethic. It comes down to how bad you want it.

To have known how to change the past into a few saddened smiles-is this not to master the future?

I brought this case because I am an atheist and this offends me, and I have the right to bring up my daughter without God being imposed into her life by her schoolteachers.

I didn't grow up watching film but as a Ukrainian-American, music and stories and dance are crucial.

Hearts are not had as a gift, But hearts are earned.