When I am with you, there is nowhere else I'd rather be. And I am a person who always wants to be somewhere else.

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

I never felt the urge to jump off a bridge, but there are times I have wanted to jump out of my life, out of my skin.

Jesus died for our sins," Noah says solemnly. "What?!?" I reply, choking back my thoughts. "I was just seeing if you were listening.

I am like the fish in the aquarium, thinking in a different language, adapting to a life that’s not my natural habitat. I am the people in the other cars, each with his or her own story, but passing too quickly to be noticed or understood.

Feeling someone else's anger is bad; being left alone is worse.

I wake up thinking of yesterday. The joy is in remembering; the pain is in knowing it was yesterday.