So far I've seen the life studies packet used as (1) an umbrella, (2) a makeshift towel, (3) a pillow, and now this. I have never actually seen anyone study with it, which either means that everyone who graduates from Thomas Jefferson will be totally unprepared for life or that certain things can't be learned in bullet-point format.

It's funny, isn't it? When you are young you just want to be old, and then later you wish you could go back to being a kid.

The most dangerous sicknesses are those that make us believe we are well

The flip side of freedom is this: When you're completely free, you're also completely on your own.

I'd rather die on my own terms than live on theirs. I'd rather die loving Alex than live without him.

You can't be happy unless you're unhappy sometimes".

Over the past week, I’ve accepted that I will never love Julian as much as I loved Alex. But now that idea is overwhelming, like a wall between us. I will never love Julian like I love Alex.