Aaron Dettmann

“Saying 'I notice you're a nerd' is like saying, 'Hey, I notice that you'd rather be intelligent than be stupid, that you'd rather be thoughtful than be vapid, that you believe that there are things that matter more than the arrest record of Lindsay Lohan. Why is that?' In fact, it seems to me that most contemporary insults are pretty lame. Even 'lame' is kind of lame. Saying 'You're lame' is like saying 'You walk with a limp.' Yeah, whatever, so does 50 Cent, and he's done all right for himself.”
― John Green

“The easiest way to do anything is properly.”
― K. J. Parker, The Proof House

“You can go wherever you want around the Institute, so long as you keep to the paths and the yellow-tiled corridors.”
― Trenton Lee Stewart, The Mysterious Benedict Society

“You're allowed to keep the lights on in your rooms as late as you wish until ten o'clock each night.”
― Trenton Lee Stewart, The Mysterious Benedict Society