Great. Now the queen thought I was a misfit, too.

There are some things you don't learn about yourself until you let someone else into the most intimate places of your heart.

if you love me, love me now. dont hold yourself so badly until tears starts to mean nothing

I should have known that if any girl was going to disobey an order, it would be you.

Could it be that simple? Tell one story to one generation and repeat it until it was accepted as fact?

I sighed and went back to filling out the application. The whole thing made me feel like my family didn’t think I had any right to want something of my own. It bothered me, but I knew I couldn’t hold it against them in the long run. We couldn’t afford the luxury of wants. We had needs.

Maybe what I wanted was stupid. Maybe it wasn't even something I could have. But, still it was mine. I didn't think I could sacrifice my dreams, no matter how much my family meant to me.