“Once upon a time there was a boy who loved a girl, and her laughter was a question he wanted to spend his whole life answering.”

“Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.”

“I don't want to go to heaven. None of my friends are there.”

“Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.”

“She was a girl who knew how to be happy even when she was sad. And that’s important—you know ”

“Yes: I am a dreamer. For a dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.”

“Never go to bed mad. Stay up and fight.”

“A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.”

“The best love is the kind that awakens the soul and makes us reach for more, that plants a fire in our hearts and brings peace to our minds. And that's what you've given me. That's what I'd hoped to give you forever”

“Reading is one form of escape. Running for your life is another.”

“A good friend will always stab you in the front.”

“Those who believe in telekinetics, raise my hand.”