Stacey Ouchi

“Sometimes, in difficult circumstances, one can confuse compassion with love.”
― Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Angel's Game

“She reaches up and pulls my face to her and kisses me, her soft lips on mine. I don't want her to stop kissing me. As long as she is, then everything is fine. Everything is right, I would stay in this room forever if I could. The world can pass by without me, without us. Just as long as we can stay here, together, in each other's arms.”
― Pittacus Lore, I Am Number Four

“Your brain is doing some great work when it's laughing.”
― Jon Scieszka, Funny Business

“They called themselves The Souls. They told Ms. Olinski that they were The Souls before they were a team, but she told them that they were a team as soon as they became The Souls. Then after a while, teacher and team agreed that they were arguing chicken-or-egg. Whichever way it began--chicken-or-egg, team-or-The Souls--it definitely ended with an egg. Definitely, an egg.”
― E.L. Konigsburg, The View from Saturday