“The difference between doing something and doing nothing is everything.”

“Time healed all wounds, but there was nothing you could do to fix stupid.”

“Nothing mattered at that moment except for our combined passion and our union, and no one else in the world existed.”

“I think people think that being a teenager is all about fun, but what it is about is responsibility.”

“Without trials and tribulation, there would be no hero. Without a hero, there would be no story. Without a story, there is no life as life is made up of vignettes of loving, learning and overcoming.”

“I had finally learned that it was better to be alone than to be in a relationship that degraded my soul.”

“I say haven’t we had enough of just tossing our children in jail? Make them do community service, I say!”