I thought it was real. But by morning, all I had left were fragmented pieces, shifting images with no beginning or end.

You cannot outwalk your problems. Can never run fast enough to evade them completely.

Despite the fact that he no longer dressed like the big dork he did then, despite the fact that he’d swapped the nerd wear for some much cooler clothes, despite the fact that he’d let his hair go all shaggy and loose to the point where it curved down into his face in that cool guy, slightly windswept, effortless way, despite the fact that every time I looked into his brilliant blue eyes I was totally reminded of the Zac Efron poster that used to hang on my old bedroom wall, it still didn’t make it okay for him to laugh at me the way he did.

What we think about, what we concentrate on, will always, always, be reflected on the outside.

You'll always be safe with me.

Each soul, each person, has to find their own way - learn their own lessons ... It's all those rough bits that make us stronger.

That's what true love is. It cannot be broken, it cannot be chipped away, it's eternal, everlasting, and it can weather any storm.