Proper lighting is everything, Julianna.

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.

I had liked him for all the wrong reasons.

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.

Knowing higher truths ensure that we have a larger perspective where all other things fall in place or start making sense.

Sometimes it's good to let people swim in ocean of ignorance and let them struggle to the shores of enlightenment.

From a marketing point of view, you don't introduce new products in August.

A friend is simply one soul in two bodies.

Your heart is a drum keeping time with everyone.

I always went to see independent films, they're the movies I'm usually most excited to see.

All roads lead to Rome, and there were times when it might have struck us that almost every branch of study or subject of conversation skirted forbidden ground.

I have no knowledge of myself as I am, but merely as I appear to myself.

Be happy in your body. It's the only one you've got, so you might as well like it.

Having women work with men is like having a grizzly bear work with salmon . . . dipped in honey.