it was possible to grow up in an instant, that you could look down and see the line in the sand dividing your life now from what it used to be.

so i do what i do best. i move in the opposite direction.

Having a fantasy come true doesn't always mean it will be permanent.

I told myself that if I didn't care, this wouldn't have hurt so much - surely that proved I was alive and human and all those touchy-feely things, for once and for all. But that wasn't a relief, not when I felt like a skyscraper with dynamite on every floor.

She's not like anyone I've ever seen before. When I'm not with her, I want to be. And when she opens the book and I see her face, I can barely remember what I'm supposed to say, much less how to speak at all." I test the words on my tongue. "I think I might be in love with her. But how can I really know, since the only love I've ever experienced was written for me?

Only the liar knows he's lying

I used to pretend that I was just passing through this family on my way to my real one.