There is a place in you that you don't even know exists, where you can simply stand back and watch without feeling any pain.

You fell in love with someone because of the tilt of his smile, or because he could make you laugh, or in this case, because he made you believe that you were the only one who could save him.

What being home-schooled has taught me, more than anything, is what a waste of a life high school is.

You saved me," I said. Nathaniel put his hands on either side of my face. "I had to," he said. "So you could save me back.

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.

But this is inaccurate. A runaway train is an accident. Me, I'll jump in front of the tracks. I'll even tie myself down in front of the speeding engine. There's some illogical part of me hat still believes if you want Superman to show up, first there's got to be someone worth saving.

you never forget your first fall.