Can you know excellence if you've never seen it? Can you know good if you have seen only bad?

I don't think there is any feeling I like more than the one that someone is glad to see me. —Connor Kane

Nathan, how can you stand playing the same piece over and over again?" And Grandpa Nate answered, "Why don't you ask me how I can stand making love to the same woman over and over again?

How can you know what is missing if you’ve never met it? You must know of something’s existence before you can notice its absence.

Whenever someone makes out a guest list, the people not on it become officially uninvited, and that makes them the enemies of the invited. Guest lists are just a way of choosing sides.

They called themselves The Souls. They told Ms. Olinski that they were The Souls before they were a team, but she told them that they were a team as soon as they became The Souls. Then after a while, teacher and team agreed that they were arguing chicken-or-egg. Whichever way it began--chicken-or-egg, team-or-The Souls--it definitely ended with an egg. Definitely, an egg.

Going to school- picking an apple Getting an education- eating it