“Happiness is not a state of being. Happiness is a vector, it is movement.”

“It does, Tennyson, because theres a fine line between confidence and arrogance. Theres a fine line between being assertive and being a bully. And youre on the wrong side of both lines.”

“So is darkness better than a heartfelt lie?”

“The way I see it, the impossible happens all the time; but we're so good at taking it for granted, we forget it was once impossible.”

“...You know something, don't you?""I know lots of things--your inquiry needs to be more specific.""Just answer the question.""True/false or multiple choice?”

“Once in a while our school has half days, and the teachers spend the afternoon 'in service,' which I think must be a group therapy for having to deal with us.”

“If you claim to be a real friend then be real in your soul. If you claim to be fake then be an enemy instead.”

“I think that most people would rather face the light of a real enemy than the darkness of their imagined fears.”

“You don't make peace with friends. You make it with very unsavory enemies.”

“Ive been fighting to be who I am all my life. Whats the point of being who I am, if I cant have the person who was worth all the fighting for?”

“Nobody can hurt me without my permission.”

“We got a fightin' side a mile wide, but we pray for peace 'cause it's mostly us that end up servin' overseas.”