You can only really really hurt the ones that you really really love.

So much of courtship is the unspoken.

I'm sitting in the bleachers, watching longingly as all the boys and umbumped girls in my Personal Health and Fitness class play Muggle Quidditch. I don't even like the game very much, I think it's silly, but I so miss physical activity that I'd be thrilled if I could run around the gymnasium with a broom between my legs, chasing after the human snitch wearing a gold pinny.

I feel better when I am not around people. When I am alone, alone, alone.

Did you know that the average American spends six months of his or her life waiting for red lights to turn green? Six months wasted, waiting for permission to move on. Think of all the other stuff you could do with that time.” I was totally confused. “In the car?” “In your life,” he said.

there’s too much tension in the world… what hope is there in the middle east if you and i can’t make peace.

I’m not sure I’ll ever be finished. No matter how much I write, there will always be something I should’ve said.