You can't know what it is like for us now--you will always be one step behind. Be thankful for that. You can't know what it was like for us then--you will always be one step ahead. Be thankful for that, too.

everyone in our school has afterschool activities. mine is going home.

Love is so painful, how could you ever wish it on anybody? And love is so essential, how could you ever stand in its way?

It feels like we’ve stepped outside of time. Even though there is no such place.

I could point out that it isn't always easy knowing who you are and what you want, because then you have no excuse for not trying to get it.

It was a mistake," you said. But the cruel thing was, it felt like the mistake was mine, for trusting you.

The key is to never recognize these imbalances. To not let the dauntingness daunt us.