Asking an eight-year-old girl if something is a little over-the-top is like asking a Texan if there are too many jalapenos in the salsa. The answer is always no." -Liberty Jones

Before you marry, you have to get shot by an arrow and fall in love,” the boy explained. He paused thoughtfully. “But I don’t think the rest of it hurts as much as the beginning.

I thought I would spend the rest of my life searching for little reminders of you.

I wondered how much of me would be left after tomorrow.

I carry thoughts of you like my own personal constellation. How far away you are, my dearest friend, but no farther than those fixed stars in my soul.

That is kind of you, my lord. But I will never dance with you.' Which, of course, made it the goal of Leo's life.

Maybe he's not college-smart, but he's smart in a way they can't teach.