Because my heat was too full of appreciation for what my friends-- my real friends-- had done for me.

I looked where he was tapping. "Local Girl Missing, Feared Dead" Beneath it was a photo or me-my most recent school photo. "Oh no." My heart filling with dread, i took the paper from Mr. Smith's hands. "Couldn't they have found a better picture?

Why should women have to fit into child sizes in order to be considered desirable? That is both sick and depressing.

It’s so much easier to walk away than it is to have to explain to someone that you never want to see them again.

Always be true to your friends, just as you are to yourself.

You know. Life's short. If you don't try new things, you'll never know what you're best at. And you can only make time for new things by quitting the things you know don't work for you.

Growing up, I mostly read comic books and sci-fi. Then I discovered the book 'Jane Eyre' by Jane Austen. It introduced me to the world of romance, which I have since never left. Also, the world of the first-person narrative.