You're not saving lives, Dad. You can't save lives when no one's living anymore. (Maddie)

Don't worry about hurting me, if that's what you're afraid of. I want to get hurt. At least I´ll feel something for a change.

it's good for you to write down your thoughts. It'stherapeutic because it forces you to slow down and think aboutlife.

If you have confidence, if you believe in yourself, you can go anywhere.

Oh, I just think that a neat house is the sign of a boring person, that's all. And I don't really like to associate with boring people if I can help it.

Thoughts are circular, they don't take you anywhere. They don't have feet-they can't gain any ground. They can trap you if you don't eventually stand up and make a move.

You need to be able to fill that space on your own, Maddie. You should never have to rely on another person to make you feel whole. That life is dangerous.

Some people say home is where you come from. But I think it’s a place you need to find, like it’s scattered and you pick pieces of it up along the way.

It's like looking through a microscope your whole life, " he (Justin) said. "You miss the whole picture. Sometimes you need to get lost in order to discover anything.

Maybe he’s normal and we’re the crazy ones. Maybe everyone should talk to themselves. Maybe we’re all just afraid of what we’d say.

Gratitude changes us.

Since birth, life is about stumbling into the unknown by every turn. One hopes there is a grand purpose to it all.Few are lucky to encounter the right people, along the journey.

You don't need luck. You are powerful, clever, and fearless.

I never said all Democrats were saloonkeepers. What I said was that all saloonkeepers are Democrats.

You can't say the negro left the Republican party; the negro feels he was evicted from the Republican party.

Desire is the motivating force behind all progress and advancement in science, art, industry and in all phases of life.

Today Jazz music is performed & listened to by people of all ethnicity, backgrounds, ages & creeds.

Rose you can't go." This time the sadness in Lissa's voice was mirrored though the bond, flooding into me. "It's not that Dimitri didn't ask to see you. He asked specifically not to see you.

The Amish like to live a very plain lifestyle, the way they think God intended. It sort of brings you back to, like, 'Little House on the Prairie' days or something.

Two people who were once very close can without blame or grand betrayal become strangers. Perhaps this is the saddest thing in the world.