The Venn Diagram of boys who don’t like smart girls and boys you don’t wanna date is a circle.

You die in the middle of your life.

me: you know what sucks about love? o.w.g.: what? me: that it's so tied to the truth. I know it sucks, but in a way, it's good....Love and truth being tied together, I mean. They make each other possible, you know?

I hope we get pulled over, he says. I'd like to see how the cop responds to a black man wearing a Confederate T-shirt over a black dress.

I just want to do something that matters. Or be something that matters. I just want to matter.

He wanted to draw out the moment before the moment- because as good as kissing feels, nothing feels as good as the anticipation of it.

For the longest time, it felt kind of like my chest was cracking open, but not precisely in an unpleasant way.