She hadn't chosen the brave life. She'd chosen the small, fearful one.

The problem is not the problem. The problem is your attitude about the problem. Got that? -Coach Brevin

Maybe the truth is, there's a little bit of loser in all of us. Being happy isn't having everything in your life be perfect. Maybe it's about stringing together all the little things.

Relief is a short-lived emotion, passive and thin. The agony of doubt disappears, leaving little memory of how it really felt. Life aligns behind the new truth.

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

But I know this. We're ready to move forward again in our way. Together or apart, no matter how far apart, we live in one another. We go on together.

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