The best people all have some kind of scar.

Try patting them on the back or shoulder and telling them everything is going to be fine. Lots of times when girls cry, they don't want you to fix the problem, they just want to be consoled.

Live your life. Be happy as you can be, let go of the things that don't matter, and fight.

He reached up and tugged his ear. And I did the same.

I don't know if I'm supposed to be holding on or letting go. I don't want to give up, but if there's nothing for me to hope for, then tell me.

The Selection was no longer something that was simply happening to me, but something I was actively a part of. I was an Elite.

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.