That strange, twisted, torn love. That conflict between what your heart knows is right and what your mind is told is right.

Teens wanted things that were real, that they connected with, it doesn't have to reflect reality directly. They love 'The Hunger Games' not because it's real in that it happens, but the emotions there are real, and it's very relatable.

Measure the hope of that moment, that feeling. Everything else will be measured against it.

I feel such a tenderness for these vulnerable nighttime conversations, the way words take a different shape in the air when there's no light in the room.

being with someone for over a year can mean that you love them … but it can also mean you’re trapped.

no matter how happy we are, no matter how much we want our night to stretch out infinitely, sleep is inevitable.

And I, who have never thought in terms of a life, think to myself that I could make a life out of this.