When people see you're happy doing what you're doing, it sort of takes the power away from them to tease you about it.

It's a date," Leo repeats, and we shake on it.Leo's mother sticks her head in the door. "You guys are too young to be dating!" "Mom!"Leo cries,turning bright red.

Why do you like books so much?” he asked. Miles answered without taking his face away from the window. “You never know what you’ll learn when you open one. And if it’s a story, you sort of fall into it. Then you live there for a while, instead of, you know, living here.

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about.

When people see you're happy doing what you're doing, it sort of takes the power away from them to tease you about it.

The oversized chairs are white; the walls, covered with occasional landscape paintings, are white; and the plush carpet is the whitest of all. I'm insanely glad I didn't bring a cup of grape juice with me.

if they make me watch that movie one more time, I will fall down on my knees and beg for mercy