We have to lie to ourselves to live. Otherwise, we'd go crazy.

Didn't you finish your chemistry in school?" "You closed the school and burnt all the books." "Ah, so I did.

And then his noise falls completely silent- And he stops struggling- And looking right into my eyes- He dies. My Todd dies.

Teenagers are the greatest readers in the world - honest, unsnobby and loyal

No one ever seems to wonder what happens if it turns out we hate living on a planet? What if the sky’s too big? What if the air stinks? What if we go hungry?’ ‘And what if the air tastes of honey? What if there’s so much food we all get too fat? What if the sky is so beautiful we don’t get any work done because we’re all looking at it too much?

You said we all want there to be more than this! Well, there's always more than this. There's always something you don't know.

If you ever want to see how small you are in the plan of God, just stand at the edge of an ocean.