Old words; words that nearly brought me to my knees. Live free or die

But from the beginning, I knew that in a world where destiny was dead, I was destined, forever, to love him. Even though he didn't - though he couldn't - ever love me back.

I used to lie here like this all summer long,' I tell her. 'I'd come up here and just stare at the sky.' She rolls over on her back so she's staring up as well. 'Bet this view hasn't changed much, has it?' What she says is so simple i almost laugh. She's right, of course. 'No. This looks exactly the same.' I suppose that's the secret, If you're ever wishing for things to go back to the way they were. You just have to look up.

This is the strange way of the world, that people who simply want to love are instead forced to become warriors.

It's Connecticut: being like the people around you is the whole point.

He looked at me like I was beautiful.

The only thing worse than having no friends is being pitied for having no friends.