Appearance matters a great deal because you can often tell a lot about people by looking at how they present themselves.

If you try to avoid every instance of peer pressure you will end up without any peers whatsoever, and the trick is to succumb to enough pressure that you do not drive your peers away, but not so much that you end up in a situation in which you are dead or otherwise uncomfortable. This is a difficult trick, and most people never master it, and end up dead or uncomfortable at least once during their lives.

You’re just jealous of me because I’m a tap-dancing ballerina fairy princess veterinarian!

Morning is an important time of day, because how you spend your morning can often tell you what kind of day you are going to have.

And then like a song we'd forgotten was even on the mix, you stepped into the house and my whole life.

Frustration is an interesting emotional state, because it tends to bring out the worst in whoever is frustrated.

It is always terrible to be told to go play with people one doesn't know.