My main piece of advice would be dont worry about being published - just write a really good book, but also dont be afraid to write a bad book. Give yourself permission to fail, and dont be afraid.

My pride shut me up, my hurt shut me down, and together they ganged up on my hope and let her get away.

He’ll have to prove it to you. Every day, he’ll have to prove he’s worthy of you. And if he doesn’t, that’s it. But I think he will.

But I want to feel like life matters. I had something real with you, but then the realness scared me. I decided to go for other things instead.

Dash is for sure straight!" Boomer announced. "He has a super-pretty ex-girlfriend named Sofia, who I think he still has a thing for, and also, in seventh grade, there was a game of spin the bottle and it was my turn and I spun and it landed at Dash, but he wouldn't let me kiss him.

This isn't even something I've feared, because I never knew it was a possibility.

Long live protest songs, in whatever form they take.