Even though there are no ways of knowing for sure, there are ways of knowing for pretty sure.

One cannot spend forever sitting and solving the mysteries of oone's history.

I'm not a stranger," I said, and pointed to his book. "I'm someone who reads the same authors you do.

People worry more about girls, for a good reason: I don't think my parents thought I was going to be raped by a classmate or attacked when I was walking alone in some neighborhood. So it's not just paranoid parents.

For every teenager I know, having a phone is a mixed blessing, because your parents can press a button and figure out where you are.

Miracles can happen, even to those who are small, flammable, and dressed all in black.

You'd think that sweet would be a land far, far away from irritating, but as it turns out they're right next door, and always having border disputes.