All I ask of in the world is just one day after another with nothing planned.

I think that’s whats wrong with the world. No one says what they feel, they always hold it inside. They’re sad, but they don’t cry. They’re happy, but they don’t dance or sing. They’re angry, but they don’t scream. Because if they do, they feel ashamed. And that’s the worst feeling in the world. So everyone walks with their heads down and no one sees how beautiful the sky is.

You know what? You're an individual, and that makes people nervous. And it's gonna keep making people nervous for the rest of your life.

[Harriet] hated math. She hated math with every bone in her body. She spent so much time hating it that she never had time to do it.

There is no sight so ugly as the human face in anger.

Gone is gone. I never miss anything or anyone because it all becomes a lovely memory. I guard my memories and love them, but I don't get in them and lie down.

I think maybe they're all right when they say there are some things I won't know anything about until I'm older. But if [love] makes you like to eat all kinds of wurst I'm not sure I'm going to like this.