It's bad for your brain not to unplug.

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

Dear Teens at Starbucks wearing 'Abstain from Sex 2 Attain Ur Goals' t-shirts: Doesn't it depend on what my goals are?

Stupid human voices always ruining everything.

If people could see me the way I see myself - if they could live in my memories - would anyone love me?

People talk about the courage of cancer patients, and I do not deny that courage. I had been poked and stabbed and poisoned for years, and still I trod on. But make no mistake: In that moment, I would have been very, very happy to die.

... she called it a paper town. Like, you know, everything so fake and flimsy.