You can't have an ending. It's impossible. Because unlike in the movies, life goes on. You're never at the end until you die.

She had been nobody and he had been golden.

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.

My problem is I can think whatever I think—girl power, solidarity, Gloria Steinem rah rah rah — but I still feel the way I feel. Which is jealous. And pissy about little things.

Silence is a protective coating over pain.

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.

Always do what you're afraid to do.