Another thing I think about names is that they DO hurt. They hurt because we believe them. We think they are telling us something true about ourselves, something other people can see even if we don't. —Bobby Goodspeed

Sticks and stones may break our bones, but names will break our spirit.

I am about to stop being a get-along kind of guy and turn into somebody who makes a difference.

Sometimes I wish I were a character in a book and there was a writer out there giving me things to say.

Dear Skeezie, Today I ran after a boy as he was trying to get away. I tackled him and we both landed in the mud. Do you think I appeared desperate?-Joe Bunch

And that's an even greater love: to love somebody when he's a little...worn at the edges. —Teddy Bear

We all start out thinking that there is such a thing as perfection and that there's something wrong with us if we settle for less. First we won't eat the food with the brown spots. Then we hate ourselves because we have our own brown spots—pimples or ears that are too big or legs that are too skinny.