This is what a memorial is: standing still, staring at something that isn’t ther

simon: that's disgusting! me: what's disgusting? simon: you know. you put your thing in the place where he, um, defecates.

I could point out that it isn't always easy knowing who you are and what you want, because then you have no excuse for not trying to get it.

You see, Dash -- I was never the girl in your head. And you were never the boy in my head. I think we both knew that. It's only when we try to make the girl or boy in our head real that the true trouble comes. I did that with Carlos, and it was a bad failure. Be careful what you're doing, because no one is ever who you want them to be. And the less you really know them, the more likely you are to confuse them with the girl or boy in your head.

Because it is senior year I have begun to see things as potential absences. The things I love will become the things I'll miss.

I find my greatest strength in wanting to be strong. I find my greatest bravery in deciding to be brave. I don't know if I've ever realized it before,[...] I think we both realize it now. If there's no feeling of fear, then there's no need for courage.

Let me hold on to this the way it was, before I knew anything else.