We should be protected from the people who will leave us in the end, from all the people who will disappear or forget us.

...if you are one tardy away from missing out on a big competition, you should probably make your coffee at home.

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

He's stuck with me and I'm stuck with him. We're stuck. That's what growing up is all about, I guess.

"And I love you too." His fingers skate the edge of my jaw, dance briefly over my lips. "You should know that. You have to know that."

There are more of us than you think.

Everything looks stark and vivid and frozen, as though drawn precisely and outlined in ink - parents' smiles frozen, camera flashes blinding, mouths open and white teeth glinstening, dark glossy hair and deep blue sky and unrelenting light, everyone drowning in light - everything so clear and perfect I'm sure it must already be a memory, or a dream.