But it was like wearing a size five sneakers when your foot is a seven- you can get by for a few steps, and then you set down and pull off the shoes because it just plain much

I don't think we get a choice in who we fall for," Ian whispers. "I think we just do.

Parenting is really just a matter of tracking, of hoping your kids do not get so far ahead you can no longer see their next moves.

Being a teenager isn't all that different from being part of someone else's story. There's always someone who thinks they know better than you do

Energy can't be destroyed, only converted into something different. So when a person dies, where does that energy go?

A girl who is thirteen-which is hard, and difficult, and beautiful, and painful, and exhilarating.

if there isn’t a them, there can’t be an us.