You know, I was a nerdy kid going through high school, and then I got to college and that all vanished. I mean, a lot of my good friends - when we were in high school, we would never have been able to hang out together because we were in such different cliques or whatever. Now, who cares?

Though most expect young men to be fools, I've noticed that just a little bit of age can make a man far more foolish than he was as a child.

Too many of us take great pains with what we ingest through our mouths, and far less with what we partake of through our ears and eyes.

Somebody has to start. Somebody has to step forward and do what is right, because it is right.

You know, I was a nerdy kid going through high school, and then I got to college and that all vanished. I mean, a lot of my good friends - when we were in high school, we would never have been able to hang out together because we were in such different cliques or whatever. Now, who cares?

Sometimes it was daunting, knowing how easily I could break things. This one simple curse seemed to dominate my entire life.

Definitely not-you optimists just can't understand that a depressed person doesn't want you to try and cheer them up.It makes us sick." Brandon Sanderson(Elantris)