i know what it's like to wake up thinking you will be able to cast the people who play the starring roles in your life, only to realize that you have to watch it from the audience.

If you want to love a parent you have to understand the incredible investment he or she has in you. If you are a parent, and you want to be loved, you have to deserve it.

She wanted him to tell her that when you love someone so hard and so fierce, it was all right to do things that you knew were wrong.

Saying goodbye to the people you love isn't easy

I think you're the only person who gets me. When I'm with you, the world doesn't feel like a problem I can't figure out. Please come to the dance, because you're my music.

But then again, maybe bad things happen because it’s the only way we can keep remembering what good is supposed to look like.

Sometimes the key to happiness is just expecting a little bit less