Great books help you understand, and they help you feel understood.
He really was beautiful. I know boys aren’t supposed to be, but he was.
That doesn't sound like my Margo", she said, and I thought of my Margo, and all of us looking at her reflection in different funhouse mirrors.
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.
Beware of that monster called 'self-loathing'.
When people call people nerds, mostly what they're saying is, 'you like stuff.' Which is not a good insult at all, like, 'you are too enthusiastic about the miracle of human conscience.