Maybe you just saw what you wanted to see. Or maybe you justfelt what you wanted to feel.

My original inspiration was my mom: a few years after the death of my dad, she started dating one my teachers!

I really wanted to be veterinarian, but I got a 410 on my math SATs.

To achieve self actualization, do good things for other people that you would want to be done onto yourself

I’ve never enjoyed myself more than I have the past forty-eight hours, during which I’ve been trapped in a car with one of the worst drivers I’ve ever seen, run up the Spanish Steps and then down again so I could be on time to wait in line to perjuer myself at the American consulate. And I’d like to continue doing those sorts of thing with you on a regular basis for the foreseeable future.

if you have to say “no offense” to someone, you have already offended them.

Needless to say, the fact that he actually spoke to me at all practically caused me to pass out. And then the fact that he was actually saying something that sounded like it might be a prelude to asking me out - well, I nearly threw up. I mean it. I felt really sick, but in a good way.