Nice tights," I snorted. Or I tried to snort, anyway. I'm not exactly sure how, though people in books are always doing it.

Didn't you ever have a father yourself? You don't want him for a reason. You want him because he's your father.' So I figured it's because I never had a father that I don't want one now. A person can't miss something she never had.

For me one of the most important things is not feeling like you have to protect yourself if you're with a real friend.

Boredom is what happens to people who have no control over their minds.

Mom. She always says to look at the big picture. How all of the little things don't matter in the long run. . . I know that Mom is right about the big picture. But Dad is right too: Life is really just a bunch of nows, one after the other. The dots matter.

Life is really just a bunch of nows, one after the other.

Sometimes you never feel meaner than the moment you stop being mean.