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- You do what you have to do to give people closure; it makes them feel better and it doesn't cost you much to do it. I'd rather apologize for something I didn't really care about and leave someone on Earth wishing me well.
- John Scalzi, Old Man's War, 2005
- If the universe is bigger and stranger than I can imagine, it's best to meet it with an empty bladder.
- John Scalzi, Old Man's War, 2005
- Part of what makes us human is what we mean to other people, and what people mean to us.
- John Scalzi, Old Man's War, 2005
- When you're a teenager and you're in love, it's obvious to everyone but you and the person you're in love with.
- John Scalzi, Old Man's War, 2005
- I'd heard it all the time, 'Live in the moment.' But if I did that, I'd weigh more than a dump truck. Losing weight wasn't about the moment at all; it was about having faith in the future. It was about knowing there would be another meal in a few hours.
- Stephanie Klein, Moose, 2008
- I already knew to eat clean and listen to my body, to only eat when I was in a calm mental state. Everyone knew. But when you're fat in the head, it's never about knowing the answers. It's about living them.
- Stephanie Klein, Moose, 2008
- When we die, no one remembers us for what we weighed. Our weight isn't etched into our headstones.
- Stephanie Klein, Moose, 2008
- That's the thing about being a former fat camp champ: when asked if I'd change my past if I could, I always answer no. The pain of being an overweight kid, the humiliation, make you think twice before ever cutting anyone else down.
- Stephanie Klein, Moose, 2008
- There's something almost perfect in the ugly duckling syndrome. Because a sensitivity is tattooed on a part of you no one else can see but can somehow guess is there.
- Stephanie Klein, Moose, 2008
- There is nothing like the razor sharp tongue of a good friend to cut through the lies we tell ourselves.
- Laura Moncur (1969 - ), Merriton: Twelve Hours from San Francisco, 02-25-09
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