You build a wall to keep something unwanted out … or to hold something precious in.

I became a firefighter because I wanted to save people. But I should have been more specific. I should have named names.

Did you ever wonder if the person in the picture is the same one you see when you look in the mirror?" - "That's the eternal question, isn't it? Are we born who we are, or do we make ourselves that way?

if you think of a relationship as a living entity, I guess it's one thing if the missing two percent is, like, a fingernail. But when it's the heart, that's a whole different ball of wax.

Ask a kid who's struggling in math if he likes being in a mixed-level class, and he'll tell you he feels like a moron. Ask the math genius if he likes being in a mixed-level class, and he'll tell you he's sick of doing all the work during group projects. Sometimes, it's better to sort like with like.

If you've lived through it, you already know there are no words that will ever come close to describing it, and if you didn't - you will never understand.

i'm sure i'm worth a lot more dead than alive