I lost part of myself to him then, and a soaring sense of freedom revealed that this must have been my purpose from the first: to become a part of Phineas.

You have to do what you think is the right thing, but just make sure it’s the right thing in the long run, and not just for the moment.

As I said, this was my sarcastic summer. It was only long after that I recognized sarcasm as the protest of people who are weak.

But something held me back. Perhaps I was stopped by that level of feeling, deeper than thought, which contains the truth.

Never say you are five feet nine when you are five feet eight and a half" was the first one I encountered. Another was, "Always say some prayers at night because it might turn out that there is a God.

The next major advance in the health of the American people will be determined by what the individual is willing to do for himself.

Teenagers today are more free to be themselves and to accept themselves.