I am beginning to measure myself in strength, not pounds. Sometimes in smiles.

It's a shame we can't just admit that we failed family living, sell the house, split up the money, and get on with our lives.

I handed my tools. The two of them reached down to help me out of the crater I'd dug. ''Isn't that a little deep?'' Yoda asked. ''It'll help the roots get established,'' I explained. ''Established where? China?

Can the plural possessive express the feelings in your heart? If you don't learn art now, you will never learn to breathe!

I wish America would stop judging and criticizing teens and instead, try to understand the battles they have to fight every day.

Be careful what you wish for. There's always a catch.

The light beyond my eyes flashflashflashes with a hundred futures for me. Doctor. Ship's captain. Forest ranger. Librarian. Beloved of that man or that women or those children or those people who voted for me or who painted my picture. Poet. Acrobat. Engineer. Friend. Guardian. Avenging whirlwind. A million futures--not all pretty, not all long, but all of them mine. I do have a choice" - p. 271