“A game is an opportunity to focus our energy, with relentless optimism, at something were good at (or getting better at) and enjoy. In other words, gameplay is the direct emotional opposite of depr...”

“The opposite of play isnt work. Its depression.”

“Over time, even the tiniest meaningful actions add up, each one bringing you closer to a life that is truer to your dreams and free of regret.”

“Nesses research focuses on the evolutionary origins of depression. Why does depression exist at all? If its stayed in our gene pool for so long, he argues, there must be some evolutionary benefit. ...”

“No object, no event, no outcome or life circumstance can deliver real happiness to us. We have to make our own happinessby working hard at activities that provide their own reward.15”

“The real world just doesnt offer up as easily the carefully designed pleasures, the thrilling challenges, and the powerful social bonding afforded by virtual environments. Reality doesnt motivate u...”

“Pray for good.Pray for happy.And always pray for Mom.”

“The boys he met at Annandale only understood one kind of woman. They needed to be coddled and cooed over as their own mothers had done their whole lives.”

“Mumma said there would be days like this, Some we live happily; some a dieing wish Only the brave face the unknown, Fight for what you love and accept all the growth. When others speak their worrie...”

“We tilt our heads back and open wide. The snow drifts into our zombie mouths crawling with grease and curses and tobacco flakes and cavities and boyfriend/girlfriend juice, the stain of lies. For o...”

“The teachers complain that the students today are all lazy, ignorant, and stupid. But the truth is that you're smarter than they are. You're not even old enough to drive and you already know that n...”

“I told her about school and how I sat on a wall there and felt stories and words move through me ...”

“Students view any teacher who does not bury them under work as some sort of mentally impaired kitten to be kicked aside.”

“It is said, in a fire, everyone runs away from it save for the fireman who run towards it. When dealing with students, be the fireman.”

“Openness is something any teacher strives to instill in his or her students.”