Although you hadn't asked why, it had less to do with you not noticing than with you not wanting to hear the answer.

Life was all about being in a certain place, at a certain time.

No one ever asks a kid for her opinion, but it seems to me that growing up means you stop hoping for the best, and start expecting the worst.

There is no cosmic scale on which you can weigh your actions; you learn too late what choices ruin the fragile balance.

If it's us", she whispered, "how come you get to decide?" When he didn't answer - couldn't answer - she turned and stared out the front window. As it turned out, they were still in the parking lot. They hadn't gotten anywhere at all.

Gay teenagers are four times as likely to attempt suicide as straight ones. I wish they knew that there's nothing wrong with them; that they are just a different shade of normal.

Beliefs are the roads we take to our dreams. Believe you can do something-or believe you can't-and you'll be right everytime.