“The way I see it, a person isn't nothing more than a scarecrow... The only difference between one that stands up good and one that blows over is what kind of a stick they're stuck up there on.”

“One way isn't better than the other; they're just different.”

“People can be in love with more than one person. That doesn't mean there isn't one more special than the others, and that they can't end up with the one they should be with.”

“But in good time you'll see that sometimes what matters isn't what one gives but what one gives up.”

“Here's what bothers me about adults. They say we're supposed to be the bigger person and lie there like road kill while the bullies repeatedly run us over. That we're saying more by taking the abuse and staying silent, than sticking up for ourselves. I don't see it that way.”

“Sometimes I think it's easier to stand up to the whole school -- or the whole world even -- than it is to stand up to one person, especially if that person really matters to you.”