“I notice when you’re gone. With you not being there I notice your unbeing, with you still being a being in time but not my space.”

“Even worse than not being noticed, he decided, was being noticed and found wanting.”

“I notice when you’re gone. Or do I? How can I observe something that isn’t there?”

“Why is being a nerd bad? Saying I notice you’re a nerd is like saying, ‘Hey, I notice that you’d rather be intelligent than be stupid, that you’d rather be thoughtful than be vapid, that you believe that there are things that matter more than the arrest record of Linsey Lohan. Why is that?”

“Many people, especially ignorant people, want to punish you for speaking the truth, for being correct, for being you. Never apologize for being correct, or for being years ahead of your time. If you’re right and you know it, speak your mind. Speak your mind. Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is still the truth.”

“Just being alive should make you late for everything. In case you've never noticed, the dead are always on time.”