It was one of those times you feel a sense of loss, even though you didn't have something in the first place. I guess that's what disappointment is- a sense of loss for something you never had.

I began to learn the importance of lifting things up and looking underneath.

I thought I might cry, the way you do when someone gives you some kindness when you most need it but when it seems the most surprising thing.

Hope could be the most powerful thing or the most useless.

I don't get why prom is like a mini-wedding these days...No one should spend that kind of money for a high school dance.

Most of our parents wanted the best for us, I knew, but we also wanted the best for them.

No, Mom. I said fine." "It's just your tone." Ah, yes- the tone. The nasty traitor.