So I wasn't lying, exactly. I was just choosing among truths.

Of course, sweetie," his mom said. "We'll be here all day. You just come down whenever you want and we love you and you're so so special, Colin, and you can't possibly let this girl make you think otherwise because you are the most magnificent, brilliant boy-" And right then, the most special, magnificent, brilliant boy bolted into his bathroom and puked his guts out. An explosion, sort of.

It's bad for your brain not to unplug.

Meriwether Lewis's last words were, 'I am not a coward, but I am so strong. So hard to die.' I don't doubt that it is, but it cannot be much harder than being left behind.

We’re as likely to hurt the universe as we are to help it, and we’re not likely to do either.

I leaned in toward her, suddenly overwhelmed with the feeling that we must kiss.

I'm not embarrassed by my faith, and I'm also not embarrassed by my doubt.