Never make a companion equal to a brother.
Sometimes we set off down a road thinkin' we're goin' one place and we end up another. But that's okay. The important thing is to start.
I leapt eagerly into books. The characters’ lives were so much more interesting than the lonely heartbeat of my own.
Sometimes there is such beauty in awkwardness.
Andrius, I'm. . . scared. " He stopped and turned to me. "No. Don't be scared. Don't give them anything Lina, not even your fear.
I felt as if I were riding a pendulum. Just as I would swing into the abyss of hopelessness, the pendulum would swing back with some small goodness.
He threw his burning cigarette onto our clean living room floor and ground it into the wood with his boot. We were about to become cigarettes.
The things. . . are esteemed as the greatest good of all. . . can be reduced to these three headings: to wit, Riches, Fame, and Pleasure. With these three the mind is so engrossed that it cannot scarcely think of any other good.
America's high schools are obsolete. By obsolete, I don't just mean that they're broken, flawed, or underfunded, though a case could be made for every one of those points. By obsolete, I mean our high schools-even when they're working as designed-cannot teach all our students what they need to know today.
I like to laugh, I like to smile, and I don't take myself too seriously. I can be a goofball.
If we agree in love, there is no disagreement that can do us any injury, but if we do not, no other agreement can do us any good. Let us endeavor to keep the unity of the spirit in the bonds of peace.