However, because they have no actual interests of their own (or if they do, they squelch them in order to fit in) and merely pursue those that they think will look best on their college apps, they're zombies.

But really, the term “forgive and forget” doesn’t make sense to me. Forgiving does allow us to stop dwelling on an issue, which isn’t always healthy. But if we forget, we don’t learn from our mistakes. And that can be deadly.

Remember... life is short. Each moment you have is precious. Treasure every second. Don't spend them doing anything you don't love.

Tell me Jesse, does she sigh when you kiss her too

But once I'd come up with it, I realized it really was the perfect plan. Instead of waiting for Maria to come to me, I was simply going to go to her and, well... Send her back to where she came. Or reduce her to a mound of quivering gelatinous goo. Whichever came first.

Smiles like that should be against the law. Considering what they do to a girl.

Why had I taken all those useless classes like bio and German when I should have been taking lipreading?