“My mom says that when it rains you never feel like you should be anywhere but home.”

“My dad always says, some people will treat you badly and you can't help that. But how you handle it and how it makes you feel, that's up to you.”

“He HAD seen the world. It had been scary at times, but also exhilarating. Who could have imagined it would be such a complicated, interesting place?...When you saw different parts of the world, you saw different parts of yourself. And when you stayed home, where it was safe, those parts of yourself also stayed hidden. ”

“This was different: the feeling of being chosen. Out of everybody in the world...this boy had picked him as the one he liked best of all.”

“A person's birthday should be a special day, a wonderful day, a day of pure celebration for the luck of being born!”

“A good friend is someone you can count on. No matter what.”

“But really, there are no coincidences. Coincidences are just other people's choices, plans you don't know about.”