Sometimes, a family is like an ear of summer corn: It might look perfect on the outside, but when you peel the husk away. every kernel is rotten.

Or perhaps all those things you missed upon first glance mean much more than you could ever guess.

I'm just saying -- you can't prevent other people from disappointing you. It's bound to happen at some point. We're all only human. What you can do is decide how you're going to deal with it.

The air smelled like a mélange of everyone's perfume and hair products, with a slight undertone of booze.

You know what they say about hope. It breeds eternal misery!

I'm still here, bitches. And I know everything." -A

It's amazing what you don't see, though. Even when it's right in front of your eyes.