I want to know why this is such a part of me. I want to know why this thing that happened to other people has happened so much to me. I keep looking for the lesson.

When you need to hold onto something, you should. Whatever gets you through, take it.

He doesn’t just look upset—he looks newly blind. There is such loss in his eyes, and it permeates every other part of his body.

luckily, tiny texts me every five minutes or so. i don't know how he does it without getting caught in class. maybe he hides the phone in the folds of his stomach or something.

I want my own books to have their own shelves," you said, and that's how I knew it would be okay to live together.

Your life is inescapable. Unless you decide to escape it.

And If only I could, I'd make a deal with God.