This is one rule about mixing boys and girls: that a date always comes first.

People say you should give until it hurts. I say you should give until it stops hurting. Know what I mean?

It will happen when you're not looking for it. Love likes to take you by surprise.

But in spite of my great desire for intimacy, I've always been a loner. Perhaps when the longing for connection is as strong as it is in me, when the desire is for something so deep and true, one knows better than to try. One sees that this is not the place for that.

It feels like some part of me that was curled down and waiting in the dark has risen, and now stands stretching and strong in the sunshine. I knew it.

I like to listen to sad music when I’m sad. It seems honest. It makes me cry, and sometimes a good cry is the only thing that can make you feel better.

I don't think men try to make women be like them, but I think women try to make men be like them, a lot.