The peace sign is with two fingers not one.

If kisses were what you were looking for, little fool, why didn't you come to me? quoted by Susannah Simon

No one wants to pursue anything creative anymore, because that's too risky. They may not get the kind of return on the financial investment they've made in their education that they think they should.

You’re not a one hundred dollar bill, not everyone is going to like you.

I just got a fortune cookie that says "Turn off your computer and read a book" which is odd because I'm WRITING a book...on my computer!

I'm sorry, Heather, but everything was not just fine before I got here. You know how I know that? Because you're dead. Okay? You are dead. Dead people don't have lockers, or best friends, or boyfriends. You know why? Because they're dead.-Suze Simon

Though I imagine in your case, trying not to fall just made you fall harder.