Every accepted public quote

“Don’t walk in front of me… I may not follow Don’t walk behind me… I may not lead Walk beside me… just be my friend”

“The Very first moment I beheld him, my heart was irrevocably gone.”

“Love is a fire. But whether it is going to warm your hearth or burn down your house, you can never tell.”

“Maybe there's something you're afraid to say, or someone you're afraid to love, or somewhere you're afraid to go. It's gonna hurt. It's gonna hurt because it matters.”

“I'm not sentimental--I'm as romantic as you are. The idea, you know, is that the sentimental person thinks things will last--the romantic person has a desperate confidence that they won't.”

“I am a badass, and I recognize that you, too, are a badass.”

“Always follow in the footsteps of only those who walk with caution. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu”

“I am rooted, but I flow.”

“They say when you are missing someone that they are probably feeling the same, but I don't think it's possible for you to miss me as much as I'm missing you right now”

“Imagination is more important than knowledge.”

“One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.”

“The ships hung in the sky in much the same way that bricks don't.”

“I may not always be with you But when we're far apart Remember you will be with me Right inside my heart”

“The best way out is always through.”

“Cry. Forgive. Learn. Move on. Let your tears water the seeds of your future happiness.”

“The future is uncertain, but that can be a good thing.”

“[My mom's] funny that way, celebrating special occasions with blue food. I think it's her way of saying anything is possible. Percy can pass seventh grade. Waffles can be blue. Little miracl...”

“Education: the path from cocky ignorance to miserable uncertainty.”

“Nothing like a nighttime stroll to give you ideas.”

“It is a good rule after reading a new book, never to allow yourself another new one till you have read an old one in between.”

“I can shake off everything as I write; my sorrows disappear, my courage is reborn.”

“You can't stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes.”

“Sometimes our prayers are not answered because we pray more with our mouths than with our hearts. ~ Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu”

“They love their hair because they're not smart enough to love something more interesting.”

“My concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right.”

“History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.”

“A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.”

“The only way to get through life is to laugh your way through it. You either have to laugh or cry. I prefer to laugh. Crying gives me a headache.”

“One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words.”

“There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.”

“What are men to rocks and mountains?”

“Should I kill myself, or have a cup of coffee?”

“You will always be fond of me. I represent to you all the sins you never had the courage to commit.”

“Yes, frosting. The final defense of the dying.”

“This is how you do it: you sit down at the keyboard and you put one word after another until its done. It's that easy, and that hard.”

“You gave me a forever within the numbered days, and I'm grateful.”

“A small but noteworthy note. I've seen so many young men over the years who think they're running at other young men. They are not. They are running at me.”

“It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.”

“Power and alcohol are blood brothers: They intoxicate only those that have tasted them. ~ Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu”

“It crosses my mind that Cinna's calm and normal demeanor masks a complete madman.”

“She read books as one would breathe air, to fill up and live.”

“Humor was a good way to hide the pain.”

“We need hope, or else we cannot endure.”

“It had filled my time - given me quiet, steadfast company with those characters, who did not exist and never would, but somehow made me feel less ... alone.”

“Happiness is what you share. Joy is what you possess. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu”

“Where is Aelin. Where is my wife?”

“Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.”

“If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music.”