I write for teens partially to work out whatever it was that I needed to from my own teenage years.

At long last, you may no longer distinguish what binds you from what is you.

Whispering makes a narrow place narrower.

If we're going to ask our kids at age 18 to go off to war and die for their country, I don't see any problem with asking them at age 16 to think about what that might mean.

Of course, I had my heart broken as a teen. I was desperately in love with myself. Then I found out that I was completely shallow. I haven't spoken to myself since.

The natural world is so adaptable...So adaptable you wonder what's natural.

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.