Some call it growing up. I call it life, and in my experience, it doesn't necessarily get easier over the years. But the eternal struggle is beautiful, and I'm happy to persevere.

I would rather have 1 amazing best friend than 100 decent regular friends. It's not about quantity, it's about quality.

Add your splash of color to the world.

Ranking where people stand in your life and who they are to you helps you determine who you value the most and therefore where best to spend your time.

It allows you to be yourself, good and bad. And it's a two-way street: you give and take equally.

I grew it - sorry, drew it - for this book, if for no other reason than to illustrate the old saying that the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

Friends are not a number. You can't collect connections. You can't just go out one day and be like, "Hey, I need some friends!" *goes shopping, scours social media*

Now, four years out of high school, I'm in an environment where people appreciate personality over appearance, and that makes me happy.

I think I've lived quite the unorthodox life so far, but you probably feels that way about yourself too. So much goes untold in our lives.

It's funny reading about how I behaved in the days before memories formed. So thanks for that input, Mom and Dad - wasn't so bad after all.

Every second seems like an eternity if someone you love is in trouble.

…struck. Once. And into that blow he put his childhood, his grief, his loss. He put his mother’s sorrow and his sister’s longing. The menorah, weighed down with that, crushed the Hermit’s skull.

I see no point in being despondent. We might as well enjoy ourselves during our brief tenure of this life.

The fundamental law of human beings is interdependence. A person is a person through other persons.

I always loved that old song Banks of the Ohio - it was always such a man's song, so I've always wanted to record it.

For me, the best part is people who watch the movie and tell me it inspired them to collaborate with their friend who's a photographer or filmmaker.

Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so you shall become. Your vision is the promise of what you shall one day be; your ideal is the prophecy of what you shall at last unveil.

Laughing at our friends, we avenge the disappointment they have caused.

Without the gospel, a gathering of people, though they claim otherwise, cannot be an authentic church.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. But all play and no work makes him something worse.

Affection makes your spirit slither out from its concealing spot.