Even the plants in Arizona wanted to hurt you.

At first it upset me to realize how many people are, at heart, selfish. Now I take that in stride, but people's loneliness still gets to me.

Peacocks have the bright feathers. Fish have the long tails. Women have the mall.

Wishes are powerful things. You can't expect them to change the world without changing you too.

That's the magic of books. They're never quite the same for any two people. When you read one, you automatically make it your own.

Misfortune and Fortune are eerily similar, but Fortune is a better dresser and more fun at parties.

Yesterday you asked me what the purpose of life is. I've thought about that ever since. I think it's to do good no matter what life throws at you, to not let the pain turn you bitter. It's something we have to learn, something we have to make ourselves become...Little kids don't have to learn it. They already know.