Kinder than is necessary. Because it's not enough to be kind. One should be kinder than needed.

Courage. Kindness. Friendship. Character. These are the qualities that define us as human beings, and propel us, on occasion, to greatness.

Some things you just can't explain. You don't even try. You don't know where to start. All your sentences would jumble up like a giant knot if you opened your mouth. Any words you used would come out wrong.

Here’s what I think: the only reason I’m not ordinary is that no one else sees me that way.

Middle School is about as bad as it gets, and then it gets better.

Learning who you are is what you're here to do.

Sometimes you don't have to mean to hurt someone to hurt someone.