If nothing ever changed, there would be no such things as butterflies.

The thing about leaving something behind for the last time is that you rarely realize you're doing it.

comparing what you see during an eclipse to the darkness at night is like comparing an ocean to a teardrop.

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.

The trick is that as long as you know who you are and what makes you happy, it doesn't matter how others see you.

If everyone waited to do something good until they had purely unselfish motivations, no good would ever get done in the world. The point is to do it anyway.

I am not plain, or average or - God forbid - vanilla. I am peanut butter rocky road with multicolored sprinkles, hot fudge and a cherry on top.