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

Like so many before them, they didn't care that my dad was only the messenger. They still wanted to shoot him.

The mistakes you make now count. Not for everything, and not forever. But they do matter, and they shape you.

Please. She sighed. 'Can't a girl have high standards? I don't want an ordinary boy.

It's hard to do," I said. Wes looked at me. "What is?" I swallowed, not sure why I'd said this out loud. "Get it right.

It took a lot of work to be perfect. If you didn’t want to break a sweat, there was no point in even bothering.

Not everything's perfect, especially in the beginning. And its all right to have a little bit of regret every once in a while. It's when you feel it all the time and can't do anything about it... that's when you get into trouble