She used to tell me that she couldn't feel the sunlight anymore, not even when she was standing in it, not even when it was hot on her cheeks

Sometimes you simply made the wrong choice and you had to live with it. You could only change the future.

Sometimes holding on was all you could do.

Lately he'd been seen going out less and less, becoming that strangest of animals in a small town: a loner.

Sitting around and waiting for your muse is not the best choice.

Girls like you can't understand," Julia said, and it was true. Ellie had been popular. She didn't know that some hurts were like a once-broken bone. In the right weather, they could ache for a lifetime.

but sometimes one person can hold you up in life, keep you standing, and without that hand to hold, you can find yourself free-falling no matter how strong you used to be, no matter how hard you try to remain steady.