Sleep would be so welcome. A warm blanket of black to erase everything else. Sleep without dreams.

I needed to hate someone and you’re the one I love the most, so it fell on you.

And now I am here, as alone as I've ever been. I am seventeen years old. This is not how it's suppose to be. This is not how my life is suppose to turn out.

If you can't trust me with a choice, how can you trust me with a child?

He can't possibly live up to the person you've built him to be

Bribes are the glue that's kept teenagers and parents connected for generations

It's not that people like sad movies that make us feel like, "Oh, my god, what a bummer." We like emotionally moving experiences, where you feel like a slightly different person and you see the world a little different, after you finish. It lets you see your own life, in a different way, and it actually makes you feel really good. And even though there might be sad content making this happen, the feeling that you're left with is one that is quite good, quite hopeful, clarifying and uplifting.