“It's not oil that runs the world, it's shame.”

“Hey, all the cool kids are sleeping with stuffed animals these days.”

“Bree, hope is healthy. Even if you prepare yourself for the worst in life, it will never make the fall hurt less.”

“That's it...I'm completely giving up on boys and concentrating on staying alive.”

“The little girl expects no declaration of tenderness from her doll. She loves it, & that's all. It is thus that we should love.”

“Fear is felt by writers at every level. Anxiety accompanies the first word they put on paper and the last.”

“You just say the word, and I'll make the rest of the world go away. I'll take you someplace safe, where no one else can reach us.”

“In the beginning, there was physics.”