Being a teen is past for me. Worrying about the world and my place in it is not.

We could have been happy. I know that, and it is perhaps the hardest thing to know.

I'm falling in love. I am in love. And it's not with Xander, though I do love him. I'm sure of that, as sure as I am of the fact what I feel for Ky is something different.

Theres nothing like reading about a world that feels dead to throw your own beautiful, colorful life into sharp relief.

I think of how perhaps the best way to fly would be with hands full of earth, so you always remember where you came from.

Being a teen is past for me. Worrying about the world and my place in it is not.

When we read dystopia, we root for these people to break free because we are these people; hoping and fighting against things that are bigger than ourselves.