“We must be careful not to discourage our twelve-year-olds by making them waste the best years of their lives preparing for examinations.”

“We'd been twelve years old together. We'd shared the convictions that only twelve year olds can share, that love is simple and powerful and easy and inevitable.”

“Twelve-year-olds are eager to turn everything into arguments but don't have the cognitive skills to win them.”

“God is a twelve year old boy with Asperger's.”

“Our days are numbered. One of the primary goals in our lives should be to prepare for our last day. The legacy we leave is not just in our possessions, but in the quality of our lives. What preparations should we be making now? The greatest waste in all of our earth, which cannot be recycled or reclaimed, is our waste of the time that God has given us each day.”

“It was the beginning of the war. I was twelve years old, my parents were alive, and God still dwelt in our town.”