“Good dental care doesn't make you a good student, but if your tooth hurts, it's hard to be a good student.”

“When I was growing up, kids used to talk about snitching... It never extended as a cultural norm outside of the gangsters.”

“My own faith was nurtured by my grandmother and her clinging deeply to her faith when she was dying a painful and slow death from cancer.”

“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”

“I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me...”

“You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching, Love like you'll never be hurt, Sing like there's nobody listening, And live like it's heaven on earth.”

“So many books, so little time.”

“You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.”

“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.”