I love you, Ella May and nothing will ever change that. You can push me away -run away – and I will still love you.

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?

Stay here, baby" he whispers, like he can read my thoughts. "Trust me, okay? Don't run

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.

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

See, the same old Ella still lives." He grins... "She just needed a little push out."... "No, she doesn't. She's gone forever." "Try all you want, but I'm bringing her back.

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