Even though I'm seventeen, I guess I still thought this would always be true - that there would always be that lost-and-found, and not the lost-and-still-lost that I am now trapped inside.

apparel, n.: There are times I don’t mind doing the laundry, because folding your clothes reminds me of the shape of you.

Part of growing up is making sure your sense of reality isn't entirely grounded in your own mind.

Someday your prince will come," I assure him. "And the first thing I'm going to say to him is, 'What took you so long?

You made me lose my appetite, Boomer." "My mom tells me that all the time. Your family must be just like mine!

incessant adj. The doubts. You had to save me from my constant doubts. That deep-seeded feeling that I wasn't good enough for anything I was a fake at my job I wasn't your equal my friends would forget me if I moved away for a month. It wasn't as easy as hearing voices nobody was telling me this. It was just something I knew. Everyone else was playing along but I was sure that one day they would all stop.

The mistake is thinking that there can be an antidote to the uncertainty.