Can't escape pain, kiddo. Battle through it and you get stronger.

They say they have noticed me drawing. I almost tell them right then and there. They noticed.

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

I would never be popular. I didn't want to be; I liked being shy. I'd never be the smartest or the hottest or the happiest. By eighth grade you start to figure out your limits.

Life is for the living. Don't let the fear of striking out let you from keep you from playing the game.

I am so sorry. I wish you knew even one tenth of one percent of how sorry I am. ...It was my fault. Can I kill myself here, or should I do it outside, so the mess on your carpet doesn't upset your mother?

I reach for funny books all the time to help me get through life.