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

I don't have the life of a famous person. But I do feel like I've been able to connect with a lot of people.

They needed to grieve alone was what Tibby's dad said. Lena wondered if really there was any choice in that. Everyone grieved alone.

So far, she’d been her usual lame self: solitary and routine-loving, carefully avoiding any path that might lead to spontaneous human interaction. Lena Kaligaris

Can you make yourself love? Can you make yourself loved? -Lena Kaligaris

Something about giving in without a fight felt wrong.

She liked the life she had. She loved habits. She craved a day with nothing in it, a long, quiet stretch of hours in the studio.