If clouds are blocking the sun, there will always be a silver lining that reminds me to keep on trying.

He never once tells me what Tiffany thinks or what is going on in her heart: the awful feelings, the conflicting impulses, the needs, the desperation, everything that makes her different from Ronnie and Veronica, who have each other and their daughter, Emily, and a good income and a house and everything else that keeps people from calling them "odd.

When I run, I always pretend I am running toward Nikki, and it makes me feel like I am decreasing the amount of time I have to wait until I see her again.

The world will break your heart ten ways to Sunday, that’s guaranteed. And I can’t begin to explain that- or the craziness inside myself and everybdy else,but guess what? Sunday is my fav day again

You're different. And I'm different too. Different is good. But different is hard. Believe me, I know.

You may exist in this world--but I exist too and I will not yield

Also, I sort of let my appearance go, to the point where I was maybe ten to seventy pounds overweight.