it's like a squid in love with the sky.

We must curb ourfury, and allow sadness to diminish, and speak our stories with coolness and deliberation.

I am messaging you to say that I love you, and that you're completely wrong about me thinking you're stupid. I always thought you could teach me things. I was always waiting. You're not like the others. You say things that no one expects you to. You think you're stupid. You want to be stupid. But you're someone people could learn from.

You made her apologize for sickness. For her courage. You made her feel sorry for dying.

A lot of the drive to make narratives came from having to play by myself as a 5- or 6-year-old in the woods.

It's insulting to believe that teens should have a different kind of book than an adult should.

Older teens tend to write to me and say, 'Thank you for not writing down to teenagers.'