“Love warms the heart.”— Lailah Gifty Akita Related Quotes “I don’t want to hurt you or anybody so please forget about me. Just try. Find yourself a better friend.”— Nina LaCour “But [Patrick’s] character is partly based on a boy named Mark who lived across the street from me when I was growing up … I liked hanging out with him and was sad when he moved away after only a year in the neighborhood. I guess writing about Patrick is a way for me to spend more time with Mark.”— Linda Sue Park “Talking with Elaine like that, with no judgment from her or anything, seemed to bring my feelings more to the surface so I could look at them. I love times like that; you don’t get many of them.(Walker, in STOTAN!)”— Chris Crutcher