“Sometimes people can learn a lot about each other just by sitting in silence.”

“The best morals kids get from any book is just the capacity to empathize with other people, to care about the characters and their feelings. So you don't have to write a preachy book to do that. You just have to make it a fun book with characters they care about, and they will become better people as a result.”

“It's funny how you can go from hating a girl to maybe liking her, maybe liking her a lot, just because she shows a little interest in you.”

“There was something special about being in a strange place, all alone in a mass of people even if you had just screwed up your life, or perhaps especially if you had just screwed up your life.”

“Rattlesnakes would be a lot more dangerous if they didn't have the rattle.”

“The time you quit learning is the time to quit playing.”

“Each beat told him he was still alive, at least for one more second.”