I don't necessarily consider myself a virgin, probably because I have such a penetrating personality

But anyone can write, right?'" Conner asked. "I mean, that's why authors get judged so harshly, isn't it? Because technically everyone could do it if they wanted to." "Just because anyone can do something doesn't mean everyone should," Mrs. Peters said. "Besides, anyone with an Internet connection feels they have the credentials to critique or belittle anything these days.

The gay people I knew in real life were soft spoken and didn't want to call attention to themselves because they were terrified of exposing themselves, of people finding out that they're gay.

When one thing takes another away, what do we call that?” she asked my class. “Homicide!” I called out

You've got to show the world who you are before it tells you. Otherwise you become victim to someone you're not.

Anyone can have a once-upon-a-time or a happily-ever-after, but it's the journey between that makes the story worth telling.

Once the world has made a decision, there is little anyone can do to change its mind.