I feel like, like, how you matter is defined by the things that matter to you. You matter as much as the things that matter to you.

The pure and simple truth Is rarely pure and never simple. What's a boy to do When lies and truth are both sinful?

Like the way the sun is right now, with the long shadows, and that kind of bright, soft light you get when the sun isn't quite setting? That's the light that makes everything better, everything prettier, and today, everything just seemed to be in that light.

I have spent my life falling. Not the kind that Tiny's talking about. He's talking about love. I'm talking about life. In my kind of falling, there's no landing. There's only hitting the ground. Hard. Dead, or wanting to be dead. So the whole time you're falling, it's the worst feeling in the world. Because you feel you have no control over it. Because you know how it ends.

The United States Congress, like a lot of rich people, lives in two houses.

Colin thought about the dork mantra: sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me. What a dirty lie.

Love is just a shout in the void.