The one thing I do remember is that as I retraced my steps through all the familiar streets of my life, Inow felt completely lost.

I miss CDs. I miss listening to a whole album, even the lame songs that sometimes grow on you.

Sometimes we make decisions about our life and they feel like the right decision at the time. No, they are the right decision at the time. But that doesn't mean they'll be the right decision forever.

But it there's anything I've learned in the past few months, it's that the only thing that's certain in life is that nothing in life is certain.

The reason books get banned, but movies can do almost anything is because the novel is more powerful than a movie. The reader is part of the creation of the story because they must imagine and envision it. There is creation in the act of reading.

My own experience being bullied - it made me a more compassionate person. It made me more sympathetic to the adolescent experience.

The Fat Girl Code of Conduct: 1. Any sexual activity is a secret. No public displays of affection. 2. Don’t discuss your weight with him. 3. Go further than skinny girls. If you can’t sell him on your body, you’d better overcompensate with sexual perks. 4. Never, ever, ever, ever, ever push the relationship thing.