The real heroes anyway aren't the people doing things; the real heroes are the people NOTICING things, paying attention. The guy who invented the smallpox vaccine didn't actually invent anything. He just noticed that people with cowpox didn't get smallpox.

He liked the mere act of reading, the magic of turning scratches on a page into words inside his head.

Right, except I'm not going to lie to my mom, because what kind of (man) lies to his own mother?

So it’s your death suit.” “Correct. Don’t you have a death outfit?” “Yeah,” I said. “It’s a dress I bought for my fifteenth birthday party. But I don’t wear it on dates.” His eyes lit up. “We’re on a date?” he asked. I looked down, feeling bashful. “Don’t push it.

I think when you're 16, if you have good parents, they generally just fade in the background. I had great parents, and because they were great, I thought very little about them in high school.

You shall love your neighbour With your crooked heart, It says so much about love and brokenness -- it's perfect.

We have bottled all the stars this evening, my young friend.