“....You all have another month to encourage these kids to do what they do best-""Not just what they do best!" E.D. protested.Jake nodded. "If that's all they do, how will they ever find out the rest of who they are?”
“How do we know imagination isn't just a different way of knowing something? A message from outside.”
“The Lemon TreeImportant to read for those who care about the conflict between Palistinians and jews”
“I'm going to tell you something that no magazine or novel or television show will ever let on. Love wears you down. We think of it as hearts and flowers and happily ever after but in real life, the things you have to do in the name of love kill you... You end up doing a thousand things in a day in the name of love that you wouldn't ask a dog to do.Sex is the most powerful weapon in your arsenalinnocence is attractive in children, but it makes brittle, disappointed adults. Someone liking you is just the beginning; it always starts nicely but before you know it it's like Persephone being dragged into the Underworld.Romantic love is an illusion Hughie,. It can be manupulated, twisted, piled up like a bunch of fun-house mirrors. The very nature of it is deceptive. It promises closeness but the only thing is ever really reveals is the dreams and fears of the person with the obsessions. That's why it's so easy to control”
“He shook his head. "You didn't do anything. It'd be like blaming a tornado for ripping through a trailer park. The tornado's just minding its own business. It can't help what it is." A tornado. Something that destroyed everything in its path. A natural disaster. Me.”
“Find something you believe in. Then, just do it. That's what matters.”