Even if you do make tons of new friends,” I told him, “try not to forget where you came from, okay?

But I'd long ago learned not to be picky in farewells. They weren't guaranteed or promised. You were lucky, more than blessed, if you got a good-bye at all.

But unfriendly is usually one of those things you pick up on right away. You know, like B.O. There's no hiding it if it's there.

She fell, she hurt, she felt. She lived. And for all the tumble of her experiences, she still had hope. Maybe this next time would do the trick. Or maybe not. But unless you stepped into the game, you would never know.

It’s the things you fight for and struggle with before earning that have the greatest worth.

Lifestyle is an terrible, unpleasant put to not have a very finest buddy.

“In Truth,” I said, “there are no rules other than you have to tell the truth.” “How do you win?” he asked. “That,” I said, “is such a boy question.