Maybe you didn't know what people thought of you because they themselves didn't know what they thought of you. Maybe you didn't give us enough to go on, Hannah.

You need to figure out what you want, Josh. If that means you need to swim against the tide to get it, at least youre aiming for something that could make you very happy.

It's nothing. A school project. My go-to answer for anything. Staying out late? School project. Need extra money? School project.

I didn't feel physically sick. But mentally. My mind was twisting in so many ways. (...) We once saw a documentary on migraines. One of the men interviewed used to fall on his knees and bang his head against the floor, over and over during attacks. This diverted the pain from deep inside his brain, where he couldn't reach it, to a pain outside that he had control over.

Every reader is different. There's no book that's inappropriate for every person, but there are people who cannot handle everything.

Two steps behind her, I say her name. "Skye.

When you hold people up for ridicule, you have to take responsibility when other people act on it.