Ask a kid who's struggling in math if he likes being in a mixed-level class, and he'll tell you he feels like a moron. Ask the math genius if he likes being in a mixed-level class, and he'll tell you he's sick of doing all the work during group projects. Sometimes, it's better to sort like with like.

And in general, the residents of the town wondered why they all felt hollow just beneath the throat, the result of missing something they had never been able to name in the first place.

Often, when the last page is turned, it will haunt you.

I realize how quickly lies compound. They cover like a coat of paint, one on top of the other, until you cannot remember what color you started with.

I know what it's like when the things you believe make you feel like you're on the outside looking in.

When we're awake, we see what we need to see. When we're asleep, we see what is really there.

It doesn't take a whole long life to realize that what we deserve to have, we rarely get.