If you want to be loved, be a lovable. It's a good place to start.

it is so unfair that he lives in ohio, because that should be close enough, but since neither of us drives and neither of us would ever in a million years say, 'hey, mom, do you want to drive me across indiana to see a boy?,' we're kind of stuck.

scapegoat, n. I think our top two are: 1. Not enough coffee. 2. Too much coffee.

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.

So I said I wanted you to stay, even though nothing could stay the same.

This, I think, is how people survive: Even when horrible things have been done to us, we can still find gratitude in one another.

underneath all that denial, you're someone who's deeply, deeply nice.