Some of the best people i know are fools', Evanelle said. 'The strongest people I know.

Sometimes its necessary to embrace the magic, to find out what's real in life, and in one's own heart.

I lost myself trying to find happiness in things that didn't love me back.

It was early evening when they walked outside, the sky the color of pink lemonade.

If anyone had been paying attention to the signs, they would have realized that air turns white when things are about to change, that paper cuts mean there's more to what's written on the page than meets the eye, and that birds are always out to protect you from things you don't see.

Her grandmother used to tell her that a pink sky meant someone in the distance had just fallen in love . . . .

Your peers when you're a teenager will always be the keepers of your embarrassment and regret. It was one of life's great injustices, that you can move on and be accomplished and happy, but the moment you see someone from high school you immediately become the person you were then, not the person you are now.