The story you are afraid to write is usually the one you are meant to tell.

the wheel of fate crushes us all

No, I'm too busy trying to deflect your Power of Stupidity. But I don't think I'm strong enough.

And you couldn’t control who you loved, even if you wanted to. That had been Genevieve’s problem with Ethan Carter Wate. It had been Uncle Macon’s problem with Lila, Link’s with Ridley. Probably even Ridley’s with Link. Love was how all these knots started to unravel in the first place.

Because life goes on, L. The birds do their thing, and the bees do theirs. Seeds get scattered, and everything grows back.

The one broken window that permanently wouldn't roll up had destroyed her perfectly curled blond prom-hair, and by the time we got to the gym she looked like Marie Antoinette with bedhead.

Lena Smoothed her hair. "Crazy weather you have down here.