Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.

The missing piece in his stomach hurt so much-and eventually he stopped thinking about the Theorem and wondered only how something that isn't there can hurt you.

I just want to do something that matters. Or be something that matters. I just want to matter.

I figured something out. The future is unpredictable.

Do you know what your problem is? You can't live with the idea that someone might leave.

He liked the mere act of reading, the magic of turning scratches on a page into words inside his head.

The future lay before him, inevitable but invisible.

All hurt is brain hurt.

Ergo: girls should always make the first move, because (a) they are, on the whole, less likely to be rejected than guys, (b) that way, girls will never get kissed unless they want to be kissed.

Maybe life is not about accomplishing some bullshit markers.

People are supposed to care. It's good that people mean something to you, that you miss people when they're gone.

Every part of life changes with every breath we take. If you don’t like where your story is headin’, you fight your fate with everything you have.

Miracles do happen, but, not always the way you expect them

Don't lie to a liar,

Where more is meant than meets the ear.

For me, 'Rent' was all about coming out of myself, finding out who I was, learning the power I could have as a performer. And 'Wicked' was about harnessing all that strength.

This has been done elegantly by Minkowski; but chalk is cheaper than grey matter, and we will do it as it comes.

It is not doubt,is certitude that drives you mad.

More guns are not the answer to keeping our kids and our communities safer.

anger cancels good judgement!

One unanswered question is whether a Euro-Islam that combines Islam with democracy will be possible in the future. We mustn't confuse desire with reality.