Something about giving in without a fight felt wrong.

Developing characters is a strange thing. In the beginning they are abstract and I wonder how to move on from there.

Tibby sat on the outside of a group of kids in the film program. There was a lot of dark clothing and heavy footwear, and quite a few piercings glinting in sunlight. They had invited her to sit with them while they all finished up their lunches before film seminar. Tibby knew that they had invited her largely because she had a ring in her nose. This bugged her almost as much as when people excluded her because she had a ring in her nose.

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

You'll turn out ordinary if you're not careful.

Some things have to be believed to be seen. -Ralph Hodgson

She wasn't as destructive as Bee. She had never been as dramatic. Rather, she'd slipped carefully, stealthily away from her ghosts.