“I have a penchant for fresh notebooks and mechanical pencils. It seems every time I go to the store, I buy a new notebook. I have dozens of them just sitting around.”

“So much of young adult literature has turned dark, almost pathological. It's almost as if there is a race to see who can be the most dysfunctional.”

“Chocolate is God's apology for brocolli”

“Maybe some people just aren't meant to be in our lives forever. Maybe some people are just passing through. It's like some people just come through our lives to bring us something: a gift, a...”

“Minsan talaga ay kailangan mo munang maranasan ang kahirapan, ang kalungkutan at kawalan bago mo ganap na maintindihan ang totoong kahulugan ng kaligayahan at pag-ibig.”

“Time cannot be packaged and ribboned and left under trees for christmas morning.Time can't be given.But it can be shared”

“Believe me, when you die, it's everybody else's but your problem”

“What is it with science these days? Everyone is so quick to believe in it, in all these new scientific discoveries, new pills for this, new pills for that. Get thinner, grow hair, yada, yada...”

“Time is more precious than gold, more precious than diamonds, more precious than oil or any valuable treasures. It is time that we do not have enough of; it is time that causes the war withi...”