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.

This is wonderful, wonderful! Be the bird. You are the bird. Sacrifice yourself to abandoned family values.

He says a million things without saying a word. I have never heard a more eloquent silence.

I wanted to pull down a book, open it proper, and gobble up page after page

I am getting better at smiling when people expect it.

We held hands when we walked down the gingerbread path into the forest, blood dripping from our fingers. We danced with witches and kissed monsters. We turned us into wintergirls, when she tried to leave, I pulled her back into the snow because I was afraid to be alone.

School libraries are the foundations of our culture – not luxuries.