...It isn't the problems along the way that make us or break us. It's how we learn to stand and face them that makes the difference.

A heart will say amazing things if it's given half a chance.

When you can carry five full dinner platters on your left arm, you should be able to vote, even if you're not eighteen.

New places always help us look at life differently

Words are such powerful things. We can rip somebody apart with them, we can write words down that can forever hurt another person. We can use them to tell stories and lies. We can misquote them and change what other people said to make ourselves look good.

You don't understand how much light you have until the lights go out.

I hope you'll have the kind of life where what you stand for is so important that it makes some people outright hostile. You won't know how strong your beliefs really are until you have to defend them.