I want a place. It has to do with the kind of person I want to be. And how I fit in to everything. I want people to listen when I open my mouth. And know I'm worth listening to." She stared at me. "That's all?" To me it was not all, it was everything.

Doing good doesn't always make you feel good. I don't care what they tell you in church.

Are all American girls as daft as you, Rachel?" "I hope so," I said.

Sometimes it take courage to leave.

When I wrote, I felt better, as if I had remade the world all of a piece, the way I wanted it to be, not the way it was.

Sometimes it takes courage to leave.

There are depths to the human soul that should not be fathomed.