“Every high has an equal, measurable low.”

“And now life has become the future. Every moment of your life is lived for the future-you go to high school so you can go to college so you can get a good job so you can get nice house.”

“Scientists say every action initiates an equal and opposite reaction. I say that's just the start. I say every action initiates a most unequal and upredictable chain reaction, that every filament of living becomes part of a larger weave, while remaining identifiable. That every line of latitude requires several stripes of longitude to obtain meaning. That every universe is part of a bigger heaven, a heaven of rhythm and geometry, where a heartbeat is the apex of a triangle.”

“The true cost of war can't be measured in dollars, infrastructure, or body counts. It is tomorrows, wrung out of hope by yesterdays that refuse to retreat, vanish into the smoke of memory.”

“Love is ChocolateThe unprocessed kind. Dark. Bitter.But always with the promise of sweetperfection. All it takes is sugar-that certain someone's kiss, flavoredwith possibility. If Dani has taughtme anything, it's that life is brimmingwith possibilities. Every single daybrings choices.”

“Yeah, I know getting high isn't so smart. Ask me if I care.”

“A word to the unwise.Torch every book.Char every page.Burn every word to ash.Ideas are incombustible.And therein lies your real fear.”