My brain was all right back then; it didn't get stuck in ruts.

I owe her everything and I love her and I tell her these days, although every time I say it, it gets a little diluted. I think you run out of I love yous.

Relationships change even more than people. It's like two people changing. It's exponentially more volatile. Especially two teenagers.

The Shift hasn't happened yet, maybe it never will, but sometimes-just enough times to give me hope-my brain jars back into where it's supposed to be.

Is that the truth, Jimmy?" I ask without looking at him. "It's the truth and it come to ya!" I smile.

A lot of the books that I grew up reading were pretty brutal, like the Redwall books.

I'm done with those; regrets are an excuse for people who have failed.