Everybody is living for a purpose, you might turn out to be significant or insignificant depending on the kind of message you are feeding the world with.

For no real reason – well, perhaps because of the seriousness under the trees or Nader’s hair, which was very messy and covered in little grass seeds – Katie began to giggle. She knew it...

We do wrong because people do it, never realizing that we are the people.

Real secrets mean more than hiding that card game from you daddy. Real secrets can be hurtful. Make people do bad things.

Once a thing is set to happen, all you can do is hope it won’t. Or will-depending. As long as you live, there’s always something waiting, and even if it’s bad, and you know it’s...

Things never go wrong at the moment you expect them to. When you’re completely relaxed, oblivious to any potential dangers, that’s when bad things happen.

Accepting that life is insane, that bad things happen to good people and that you can find the courage to be grateful for the good in every situation and still move forward is hard (even...

Love teaches a good person to do bad and a bad person to do good.

He leans in, resting his weathered hand on the bed. “Treat all the bad things like dreams, Kenzie. That way, no matter how scary or dark they get, you just have to survive until you...

We look for pretty girls we can say bad things to. No one shows up.

Some people forget, he thought. A bad thing happens to them and their mind sweeps in and buries the bad thing deep, and all that’s left is a stretch of white in their heads, like...

Never be too angry beyond repairs. Anger is nothing good to be part of your tributes. Are you angry with someone? The sun is sinking, just drop it now.

Good and bad exist always, everywhere.

Just say “no” to evil things!

“Didn’t you know I was out here, just waiting for a friend like you?” “Of course, I didn’t know. I’d have been dancing on top of every bar in town, instead of studying, if I’d...

Just say “no” to bad attitudes. They may say you are “nobody.” Yes! That’s who you are: a “body” that says “no” to evil things!

I think maybe bad things seem worse when people are alone. When they can turn that bad thought over and over in their head, polishing it like a stone, until it shines dark and black....

Bad things can happen, and often do–but they only take up a few pages of your story; and anyone can survive a few pages.

The height of your maturity and sagacity depends on your ability to see the beauty in ugly situations.