We’re toasting the chlorophyll rising in our bodies, catching the energy from the universe. Nobody’s ever been young like we are right at this moment.

Life is spectacular. Forget the dark things. Take a drink and let time wash them away to where ever time washes away to.

They've drummed the miraculous out of you, but you don't want it to be like that. You want the miraculous. You want everything to still be new.

Have you ever started to wave at someone and then realized they weren’t really waving at you, so you abort and go for a head scratch instead? That’s how I felt.

You have to stop thinking that way. Don't worry about who has the power in the relationship all the time. If you make her happy, then that's the biggest power you can have.

Her voice is so soft. If it were a food item, it’d be a marshmallow.

When you’re with a girl, it’s always best to act like you’re an old hand at everything—not to impress her, but just to make sure she feels safe.

who cares about all the problems and barriers, nothing matters but the Spectacular Now.

The best thing about now, is that there's another one tomorrow.

That’s what the prom is—St. Patrick’s Day for the young.

I am not afraid of the pen or the scaffold or the sword. I will tell the truth whenever I please.

Money is our madness, our vast collective madness.

I'm a books person. Yes, I have a Kindle. I used it for an hour and a half and put it in the closet.

Paintings helped to change my life. I'd still be living a life of disaster without it.

As civilization progresses, we should improve our laws basically, not superficially. Many things that are lawful are highly immoral and some things which are moral are unlawful.

It took me ten years and seven books to bag an agent - it took me that long to start writing good.

There are people in the world who aren't necessarily Christians, but they're just naturally nice people who do a lot for other people. Those people will almost always be prosperous people.

You want to feel like people are hiring you because they want to work with you, not because of who your parents are.

Catholicism has the clerical equivalent to a nut allergy - even a small exposure to change, and the whole thing will go into anaphylactic shock.

The thing about narcissistic people is that they don't think they're being narcissistic.