Read a lot. Read broadly... Tell stories to your friends, and pay attention to when they get bored... Write a lot.

On the morning in question, she wore white shorts and a pink T-shirt that featured a green dragon breathing a fire of orange glitter. It is difficult to explain how awesome I found this T-shirt at the time.

Eternity bids thee to forget.

I feel like, like, how you matter is defined by the things that matter to you. You matter as much as the things that matter to you.

He specialized in the murder of dreams, Hazel Grace.

In the end, I had to call myself a faggot, which really annoyed me, because 1. I don't think that word should ever be used by anyone, let alone me, and 2. As it happens, I am not gay, and furthermore, 3. Chuck Parson made it out like calling yourself a faggot was the ultimate humiliation, even though there's nothing at all embarrassing about being gay.

I want to see you again tonight. But I'm willing to wait all night and much of tomorrow.