Because I am still a little girl who believes in Santa and the tooth fairy and you.

I just thought of a great theory that explains everything. When I went to that party, I was abducted by aliens. They have created a fake Earth and fake high school to study me and my reactions. This certainly explains cafeteria food.

Rumors are spread by jealous people

Emma is a mattress who got thrown off the truck when her parents split up. It's not like you can blame a mattress when people don't tie it down tight enough.

A breath of steam trickles out, filled with the sobs of a grown woman breaking into girl-sized pieces.

Censorship is the child of fear and the father of ignorance.

I lift my arm out of the water. It's a log. Put it back under and it blows up even bigger. People see the log and call it a twig. They yell at me because I can't see what they see. Nobody can explain to me why my eyes work different than theirs. Nobody can make it stop.