When you live in a city with no stars to wish on, you have to wish on each other.

We no longer believe in fairy tales. But we will learn to believe in monsters

You have to make your own family, your own life.

There’s nowhere to escape,” Dobey said, jamming his hands into his pockets and staring into the Valley. That’s not true, baby,” said Desiree. She took his hands and pulled him to her, wrapping her legs around his torso. She could feel the sobs in both of them, but quiet, silenced by the kiss. They could escape inside each other.

I try to see the dark and light in everything. This is my way of comforting myself when I am dealing with those emotions.

Maybe i would become a mermaid... i would live in the swirling blue-green currents, doing exotic underwater dances for the fish, kissed by sea anemones, caressed by seaweed shawls. I would have a doliphin friend. He would have merry eyes and thick flesh of a god. My fingernails would be tiny shells and my skin would be like jade with light shining through it I would never have to come back up

Sometimes I wanted to peel away all of my skin and find a different me underneath.