Although once when we were talking after class, Herr Silverman told me that when someone rises up and holds himself to a higher standard, even when doing so benefits others, average people resent it, mostly because they're not strong enough to do the same.

Life is hard, and children have to be told how hard life can be…So they will be sympathetic to others. So they will understand that some people have it harder than they do and that a trip through this world can be a wildly different experience, depending on what chemicals are raging through one’s mind.

I think all it really takes for different people to get along is a common rooting interest and a few beers.

I want to believe that happiness might at least be possible later on in life for people prone to sadness.

I'm trying to let him know what I'm about to do. I'm hoping he can save me, even though I realize he can't.

What is reality if it isn't how we feel about things?

My other friends are in music relaxation class, which I do not attend, because smooth jazz makes me angry sometimes.