Stupid how the mind will try to distract itself.

I just want to be normal, like everybody else." "Are you sure that being like everybody else will make you happy?

That's my favorite thing about him. I like to lie next to him when it's late, dark, and so quiet I can hear my own heartbeat. It's times like that when I'm sure that I'm in love.

It's amazing how words can do that, just shred your insides apart. Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can never hurt me - such bullshit.

Human beings, in their natural state, are unpredictable, erratic, and unhappy. It is only once their animal instincts are controlled that they can be responsible, dependable, and content.

And how she looked at me like I could save her from everything bad in he world. This was my secret: she was the one who saved me

Rainstorms are incredible: falling shards of glass, the air full of diamonds.