Sex Ed - when I finally got to take it - was all about biology and birth control and nothing about anything that actually goes on between people.

I say, thirteen is too many dogs for good mental health. Five is pretty much the limit. More than five dogs and you forfeit your right to call yourself entirely sane. Even if the dogs are small.

Secrets are more powerful when people know you've got them," said Mr. Sutton. "You show them the tiniest edge of your secret, but the rest you keep under wraps.

What if we could stop being different colors, different backgrounds, and just be in love?

Because on some level, even though it never turns out to be true, and even though I should know better, I still expect life to be like the movies.

How was I supposed to concentrate on my mental health when my therapist was encased in orange sparkle madness?

It is better to be alone, she figures, than to be with someone who can't see who you are. It is better to lead than to follow. It is better to speak up than stay silent. It is better to open doors than to shut them on people. She will not be simple and sweet. She will not be what people tell her to be. That Bunny Rabbit is dead.