As long as I didn't say it aloud, it wasn't real

The important thing to remember, ... is that you are a human being and worthy of respect.

Rogerson," I asked him sweetly as we sat watching a video in the pool house, "where would I find the pelagic zone?""In the open sea," he said. "Now shut up and eat your Junior Mints.

Your mother won a special reward," she told me, "because everyone had a head in her pictures. We all applauded.

You should never be surprised when someone treats you with respect, you should expect it.

Anyone can hide. Facing up to things, working through them, that's what makes you strong.

What you have to decide... is how you want your life to be. If your forever was ending tomorrow, would this be how you'd want to have spent it? Listen, the truth is, nothing is guaranteed. You know that more than anybody. So dont be afraid. Be alive.

Don't think or judge, just listen.

The further you go, the more you have to be proud of. At the same time, in order to come a long way, you have to be behind to begin with. IN the end, though maybe it's not how you reach a place that matters. Just that you get there at all.