I know he wants to get serious. He's definitely not a player, not a poser, not a loser, not a user.

I was about six years old, still Daddy's little girl, even though Daddy couldn't care less about me. How could I expect any man every would?

Have you ever had so much to say that your mouth closed up tight struggling to harness the nuclear force coalescing within your words? Have you ever had so many thoughts churning inside you that you didn’t dare let them escape in case they blew you wide open? Have you ever been so angry that you couldn’t look in the mirror for fear of finding the face of evil glaring back at you?

You'll only find happy endings in books. Some books.

Forever made that kiss stand out in my mind, touch my heart, make me remember a kiss so tender.

School used to be an escape. Now it's just another place with too much pressure, too much confrontation, & so not enough joy.

Must be nice to have that kind of unshakable belief in a merciful higher power.