"To be held above the earth and be brushed by the wind...it's like your heart has been kissed by beauty."

"If chaos is a necessary step in the organization of one's universe, then I was well on my way."

"I had Flipped."

"The room fell quiet. And as I read down the list of over one hundred and fifty eighth-grade boys, I realized that to me, there had only ever been one boy."

"Proper lighting is everything"

"You can't dwell on what might have been...and it's not fair to condemn him for something he hasn't done."

"Girls don't fight fair. They pull your hair and gauge you and pinch you; then they run off gasping to mommy when you try and defend yourself with a fist. Then you get locked into time out, and for what? No, my friend, the secret is, don't snap at the bait. Let it dangle. Swim around it. Laugh it off. After a while they've given up and try to lure someone else."

"Dude, you have flipped, you know that?"

"A retard? Well, that explains a lot, doesn't it?

"A painting is more than the sum of the parts....the cow itself is just a cow, and the meadow by itself is just grass and flowers, and the sun peeking through the trees is just a beam of light, but put them all together and you've got magic."

"I'm more concerned that our son is a coward."

"Like all of a sudden I didn't fit in anywhere. Not at school, not at home...and every time I turned around, another person I'd known forever felt like a stranger to me. Even I felt like a stranger to me."

"Where do you get off saying something like that? You are such a two-faced, condescending, narrow-minded....!"

"Stupid as it was, she loved, that tree, and cutting it down would be like cutting out her heart."

"I can't believe this! Two hours ago you were the man The man! The whole school was on their knees before you! Now look at you. You're, like, a social hazzard. And, dude, the truth is, if you're gonna be like this, I don't need the association."

"Why? Sure. They're trash, that's why. They've got a beat-up house, two beat-up cars, and a beat-up yard."

"Speak of the devil. I wanted to whack his hand off my shoulder."

"I was slipping, man, and it was definitely time to get a grip."

"I had liked him for all the wrong reasons."