Exactly! We run or we lose ourselves in something, somebody, anything to try and ease our pain.

Her vision of the world under the water represented a beautiful stillness, a version of heaven. It was the lost city of Lena, her alternate universe, the life she yearned for but didn't get to have.

Everyone is fragile. Everything beautiful is fragile

The distinction has blurred between young adult and adult books. Some of the teen books have become more sophisticated.

Life isn't just fair. It's just fairer than death, that's all. -William Goldman

How terrible would it be to just wait there pathetically alone for him never to show up?" Eudoxia's expression grew more serious. "That's what you're doing anyway, my dear.

Maybe it didn’t matter if you were a world-famous heartthrob or a painful geek. Maybe it didn’t matter if you friend was possibly dying. Maybe you just got through it. Maybe that was all you could ask for.