“Whatever age you are when you’re first burned is old enough to lose hope that you’ll ever get excited about anybody else.”

“hope is like a piece of string when you’re drowning; it just isn’t enough to get you out by itself.”

“I don’t know much, but this is what I’ve learned. You’ll fall for the last person you ever thought you’d be interested in. That’s the tricky part. You might not even notice her at first. And she usually comes around just when you’ve stopped looking. But if you pay attention, you’ll know it’s her because she’ll stand out from everybody else. She might even scare you. But if you’re lucky enough to meet this girl, be smart enough to realize it and try not to screw it up.”

“All great spirituality teaches about letting go of what you don’t need and who you are not. Then, when you can get little enough and naked enough and poor enough, you’ll find that the little place where you really are is ironically more than enough and is all that you need. At that place, you will have nothing to prove to anybody and nothing to protect.That place is called freedom. It’s the freedom of the children of God. Such people can connect with everybody. They don’t feel the need to eliminate anybody . . .”

“Never let a boy know you’re crazy about him. He’ll lose interest, and then you’ll be a loser.”

“An incentive provokes an action but get excited about things you know you can do even without anybody's support.”