“Creativity is the catalyst to the future.”

“If you keep chasing shooting stars, you'll never feel the warmth of the sun.”

“Embrace your journey and those who come across your path. Be gracious in your endeavors. Focus on your craft. Those who support your dreams now and feel your sincere humility and gratitude will be ...”

“You can't make a fan of everyone. Stay true to your story, characters, music, art or whatever it is you do and fuck everyone else who doesn't like it. Life isn't perfect.”

“Be present and aware of the privilege of living.”

“I've come to realize that love is tragic, somewhere down the line it's inevitable. Fight for it.”

“Your dad and I have been talking.You need to stop that. The marriage will last longer.”

“Yes, I was scared, vulnerable, and fragile and lived in books more than real life. Yet there was nothing Mom could do to make things easier for me, just worse by grounding me for life at the slight...”

“Your dad and I have been talking.”“You need to stop that. The marriage will last longer.”

“The beginning of wisdom, as they say. When you're seventeen you know everything. When you're twenty-seven if you still know everything you're still seventeen.”

“Do you know why you feel destined for something greater? Why? Kip asked, quiet, hopeful. Because youre an arrogant little shit.”

“I knew from Brianna that being beautiful wasnt all great. Brianna had changed in middle school. One day we were both seventh graders and the next, she was a supermodel who had a seventh grader for ...”