Finally, I decided that the proper strategy was to stare back. Boys do not have a monopoly on the Staring Business.

What about the rest of your life?" She shrugged. "What about it?" "Aren't you worried about, like, forever?" "Forever is composed of nows," she says.

The last time I was this scared, I peed myself." "The last time I was this scared," Radar says, "I actually had to face a Dark Lord in order to make the world safe for wizards.

We just did an awesome job of not dying.

Getting you a date to prom is so hard that the hypothetical idea itself is actually used to cut diamonds. Ben, getting you a date to prom is so hard that the American government believes the problem cannot be solved with diplomacy, but will instead require force.

If only we could see the endless string of consequences that result from our smallest actions. But we can't know better until knowing better is useless.

Were she better or you sicker, then the stars would not be so terribly crossed, but it is the nature of the stars to cross.