What grinds me the most is that we’re sending kids out into the world who don’t know how to balance a checkbook, don’t know how to apply for a loan, don’t even know how to properly fill out a job application, but because they know the quadratic formula we consider them prepared for the world?

Right now, we're living in an ugly chapter of our lives, but books always get better!

I was very tiny...I spent most of my time stuffed into lockers. Thank god for cell phones, or I'd still be there.

Sometimes you have good days, and sometimes you have bad days. It really depends on how much caffeine you've had.

You’re not weak. Your life is not defined by a letter grade, a dress size, your sexuality or anything else. You have every chance at happiness. You were not meant to suffer. You are loved. Never, ever give up.

I know I'm bitter and a little jaded, and mildly enjoy it, but am I a sad person? Am I happy? I plan on being happy in the future for sure, but it isn't here yet. So what does that make me, exactly?

Every driven person comes from a mountain of pain they wish to keep hidden.