I nod like I’m listening,like we’re communicating, and she never knows the difference.

I understood what triggered her earthquakes, most of them.

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

If I can write a book that will help the world make a little more sense to a teen, then that's why I was put on the planet.

To keep up appearances, I stomp my room and slam the door.

I was good at digging holes. It was the rest of life I sucked at.

Eating was hard. Breathing was hard. Living was hardest.