I write the word solitude on my wall and then below it: Do you know me at all? Are my words just air? Is my heart easy to spare?

I thought I’d saved Kayden that night at the pool house, but I was wrong. I just bought him time until the next windstorm swept through.

When he inches into me, I feel the pain, but I also feel the invisible chains around my wrists break and shatter.

I think the people who go through more can end up stronger in the long run. They have insight in to what a lot of people don’t have and a better understanding—they can be more open-minded. - Ella's mother

The cemetery is my sense of comfort, my sanctuary in a world of darkness, the one piece of light that i have in my life.

That’s you. Callie, you’re the only person that’s ever made me feel happy about anything. That night you saved me, you changed something in me—you made me want to live.

People are running to and from class and I just want to yell, Slow down and wait for the world to catch up!