Writing a book is hard. It turns out, writing a second book is twice as hard.

I really was alone, and the only thing worse than being alone was having everyone else see how lonely you were

It was pretty obvious Lena wanted to be asked. Another mysterious thing about girls- they want to be asked to stuff even if they don't want to go.

It's crazy what you see if you aren't really looking.

Mortals. I envy you. You think you can change things. Stop the universe. Undo what was done long before you came along. You are such beautiful creatures.

Lying on the ceiling. Refusing to go to school. Not opening up to me. Climbing water towers. "No, she's all right."

It was unbelievable. She was standing there, staring at him like he was a real rock star.