Please don't miss me too much. Please don't be too sad. Find someone else to love, because you have much love to give and it's a gift that shouldn't be wasted. You , Jesse, were the rose that made my life sweet.I will wait for you in heaven.

By using novels, I show ordinary kids confronting and overcoming great odds.

In truth, I don't want to be there. I don't want to see the light go out of my brother's eyes.

In truth, how much time do any of us really have?

But they can't know how the dark space inside me is growing. I lie to them. I can't get out of the dark hole. 'Peace is here' it whispers.

Nobody gets to pick their time to die, but living every day to the max is something we all get to do.

People can't help the way they look, just the way they act.