A man should live his life a certain way not because of some divine authority, but because of a personal moral obligation to himself and others.

She had never been a pretty crier. She sobbed the way she did everything else - with passion and excess.

A lie took two parties - the weaver of the tale and the sucker who so badly wanted to believe it.

What being home-schooled has taught me, more than anything, is what a waste of a life high school is.

Imagine a world that seemed so much bigger than you. Imagine waking up one morning and finding a piece of yourself you didn't even know existed.

History tells us that six million Jews disappeared during that war. If there was no Holocaust, where did they go?' She shakes her head. 'All of that, and the world didn't learn anything. Look around. There's still ethnic cleansing. There's discrimination.

When your mother is made out of your dreams, anything real is bound to disappoint you.