How is it that a person could be so relieved and so disappointed, both at the same time.

All my life, everybody has seen me a certain way. What do you see?

It’s natural to overlook and even sacrifice the things that belong to us most easily most gracefully. So here’s me asking you to please not make that mistake.

Lena always described how she dreaded and mourned things before they even happened. Carmen was beginning to suspect that she was permitting herself to mourn this long separation only now that it was over.

As much as I'm drawn to writing about teenage girls, I like the idea of having the freedom to branch out and write about different ages, for different ages.

Particularly beautiful people were like particularly funny-looking people, though. Once you know them you mostly forgot about it.

Love yourself and your friends unconditionally .