“I have a passion for teaching kids to become readers, to become comfortable with a book, not daunted. Books shouldn't be daunting, they should be funny, exciting and wonderful;...

They'll either want to kill you, kiss you, or be you.”

I never said it would be easy, I only said it would be worth it.”

“Words can break someone into a million pieces, but they can also put them back together. I hope you use yours for good, because the only words you'll regret more than the ones...

For a few minutes we kiss, deep in the chasm, with the roar of water all around us. And we rise, hand in hand, I realize that if we had both chosen differently, we might have...

“Writers fish for the right words like fishermen fish for, um, whatever those aquatic creatures with fins and gills are called. 
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“Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.”

“Make the most of yourself....for that is all there is of you.”

It's like everyone tells a story about themselves inside their own head. Always. All the time. That story makes you what you are. We build ourselves out of that story.”

“Religion. It's given people hope in a world torn apart by religion.”

“When you blame others, you give up your power to change.”

“We need to be together."<br /> "Why?" I asked softly. The word was carried away on the wind, but he heard.<br /> "Because I want...

“Years of love have been forgot, In the hatred of a minute.”

“I want to know how to make this girl laugh. I want to know what makes her cry. I want to know what it feels like to have her look at me as if I’m her knight in shinning armor.”

“Too often they don't realize what they have until it's gone.<br /> ...they're too stubborn to say, 'Sorry, I was wrong'<br /> they hurt the ones closest to their...

“Downtown. Lights on buildings and everything that makes you wonder. And in that moment, I swear we were infinite.”

“sex is the consolation you have when you can't have love”

“A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night, and in between he does what he wants to do.”

“A living poem" had always been the words that came to mind when he tried to describe her to others.”

“I think happiness is what makes you pretty. Period. Happy people are beautiful. They become like a mirror and they reflect that happiness.”