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

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

Everything I dream is something simple and plain and everyday. That’s how I know they are dreams. Because the simple and plain and everyday things are the ones that we can never have

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.

So much of life is in the smallness of moments...but they are harder to mark. So we need the grander celebrations and occasions. People like to feel significant.

Red is the first color of spring. It's the real color of rebirth. Of beginning.