the whole idea of boys being people you would actually choose to spend time with was pretty much totally incomprehensible to me. i could never think of anything to say to them, and they seemed equally dumbstruck by my presence.
Ellen WittlingerWhen people say they love you, you just have to decide to believe them, because you'll never know for sure.
Ellen WittlingerWhy is it that people don't know what to say when something bad has happened to someone they know? Maybe because they think there are some magic words that will make everything all right again, only they don't know what the words are.
Ellen WittlingerI trust the red sun setting, the leafless November trees. On Monday morning I look foward fearlessly to Fridayโs eve. But humans are not as reliable as nature, as trees. I wonder if youโll come back; I trust only that you leave.
Ellen Wittlinger