“...maybe that's art. Seeing beauty others miss and capturing it.”

“Mom discovered too late that sometimes a hardworking man is more successful than a brilliant one.”

“You're not a loser. You're almost as smart as me, which makes you one of the smartest people on the planet.”

“If one wishes to elicit a reaction from the elusive species known as 'reservus quietgirlius,' one must poke.”

“Is he crazy? No one has ever told me my doodles are good, not that I flash them around or anything. Gen likes them, but she also thinks vampire romances are literature and sings along to 'Islands i...”

“We all have the same root, and are connected...To tap into this connectedness we must go within.”

“I am losing precious days. I am degenerating into a machine for making money. I am learning nothing in this trivial world of men. I must break away and get out into the mountains to learn the news”

“I'd rather be on the ground than underTo feel the heavy rain and the thunder.”

“Voice is not just the sound that comes from your throat, but the feelings that come from your words.”

“Words themselves aren't that important. Even if somebody says words that shock you, or make you want to kill them, or make you tremble with emotion, the words themselves you tend to forget in time....”

“If I disagree with you sometimes, it's because I have a mind of my own.”