I had been in the ditch for 2 and a half min. I wondered if my friends missed me.
So we stand there, part of a crowd a thousand people strong, beaming up at the sky with wonder. I knew with a sudden certainty that wherever I am in the future – up in my treehouse, alone in the school cafeteria, or trying to figure out what my teachers are talking about, a part of me will always be right here, right now, wish that giant eye in the sky shining down on me, telling me it’s going to be alright.
What is essential is invisible to the eye.
Well, I’m not as lucky as you to have this every day.
I wonder what else I could do that I never thought I could.
I realized that love is stronger than death and that people you barely know can amaze you.
If I could paint, I would do it myself.
There is a certain timelessness to closets.
Recent events lead me to believe the world is like that, too – people are the individual fragments, but we are also part of the whole mirror. We are connected, not only to one another but also to the fabric of the universe.
As I get older I’m starting to sense that being a grown-up isn’t nearly as much fun as children want to believe.
I cross my arms. ‘Seriously? That’s the answer you’re going with? First quantum physics and now nowhere and everywhere?
Wherever you end up, I wish you clear skies. Always.
Me – accused of being too nice. It boggles the mind.
What do you have against penguins?′ he asks. ‘They’re like really big birds in tuxedos. They’re always ready for a fancy dance.
Now that Connor’s gotten a job helping Tara’s uncle, an inventor, he gets to keep all of Mr. St. Claire’s old tools. I think our parents should focus less on me, and pay more attention to the fact that Connor has dismantled most of the electronic devices in our house, our old lawn mower, and basically any object that has more than one part.
Contrary to my previously held belief, hunger does NOT, in fact, sharpen the mind.
At the end of the world will be bacteria, cockroaches, and Peeps.
May you fall from the top of the Chrysler Building and may people lean out their windows and hit you on the head with a baseball bat as you go by.
Some days you control life; other days life controls you.” Philip.
Sometimes the universe, it wants us to pause for a moment. To reflect on what’s happening in our lives.