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.

Sometimes it's a good idea to think about what you want from a situation, and try to get it, rather than just blurt out the first thing that comes into your head.

Dances are generally more fun to think about and get ready for than they actually are when you get there.

See the world as it is, not as you wish it would be

I sit around too much, waiting for other people to do stuff and angsting about stuff they've done, without doing anything myself.

8. Fact: It is a bad idea to date a known cheater, because even if he doesn't cheat on you, you will always know he's capable of it and will never fully trust him. Then you will become even more insecure and neurotic than you already are.

These guys, they were so sure of their places in life--so deeply confident of their merit and their future--they didn't need any kind of front at all.