When she needed help most, she was abandoned--and only when she offered help to others was she beloved.

My other friends are in music relaxation class, which I do not attend, because smooth jazz makes me angry sometimes.

I am trying to be kind instead of right.

I don't want to stay in the bad place, where no one believes in silver linings or love or happy endings.

When she needed help most, she was abandoned.

Fly! There's a lot of sky out there for brave birds.

Instead he thinks up the worst ending imaginable: Hemingway has Catherine die from hemorrhaging after their child is stillborn. It is the most torturous ending I have ever experienced and probably will ever experience in literature, movies, or even television. I am crying so hard at the end, partly for the characters, yes, but also because Nikki actually teaches this book to children. I cannot imagine why anyone would want to expose impressionable teenagers to such a horrible ending. Why not just tell high school students that their struggle to improve themselves is all for nothing?