I like French fries," I say. I like French fries? I sound like a slow child in a made-for-TV movie.

Why get stained when getting dirty is so much more fun

I can keep picking small fights, or brave the big one. Time to screw my courage. Or go down trying.

Sometimes we meet people and are so symbiotic with them, it's as if we are one person, with one mind, one destiny

Fake it till you make it actually worked.

I can’t imagine what it would be like to have had her company in my head—the comfort that would’ve brought.

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.