Did it ever occur to you, Charlie, that tolerance can reach a point where it is no longer tolerance? When that happens, the noble-sounding attitude on which most of us pride ourselves degenerates into weakness and acquiescence.

My dear, treacherous mother,” he breathed. “What have you done?

Once again, I felt as I needed to flee or I’d die. That was how my life was panning out.

Pan took the joke good-naturedly, probably deciding it wasn't a good idea to argue with a fifteen-year-old who had just pulled two people up ten feet.

...and yes that was meant to be interpreted in a sarcastic bubblegum tone complete with clapping and jazz hands.

Mew - mew. Mew.” I jump back from her finger swipes. “I am fluent in pussy, but I have no idea what this fucking means, Georgia.

You worry me, Mags, so self-contained and quiet. Hazelton would not have been my choice for you.""Why not?""He's a man who dwells in the shadows and appears to like it there. You have enough shadows of your own.""Maybe he sees me as I really am because shadows don't deter him.

I think if you ask people why they watch me, there would be some common thread among all of them that I'm somewhat of an awkward older sister. I have a teen, mostly female demographic. How that happened, I don't know. But I think they see me as some sort of bizarre role model, and I'll keep trying to do that for them.

Through literacy you can begin to see the universe. Through music you can reach anybody. Between the two there is you, unstoppable.

Words are seeds. They grow with time. Wisdom is to plant in your mind words that you desire to harvest.