“Things that aren't important, that have nothing to do with winning and losing, don't have to be a rule.”

“To be a writer you have to write -- and no academic degree is going to do the writing for you. ”

“You have no idea how screwed up I am.""That's not true. I know. I just don't care.”

“Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life trying to save.”

“I have a hunch that our obsession with photography arises from an unspoken pessimism; it is our nature to believe the good things will not last. . . But photos provide a false sense of security> like our flawed memory, they are guaranteed to fade. . . . We take photographs in order to remember, but it is in the nature of a photograph to forget (pg 157)”

“I was torn. The evil, horny side of me wanted to know more. The good side wanted to feel sympathy and pretend he'd never heard it. I think 'evil horny' is gonna win. - Tyler Campbell (main character)”

“Some people have a gift for making you feel okay, just by the fact of their presence.”