Only a real asshole takes liberties with someone else's car stereo. That's serious.

Forgiveness is hard. Acceptance is doable.

Right now, though, I wanted not to think forward or backward, but only to lose myself in the words.

Anyone can hide. Facing up to things, working through them, that's what makes you strong.

I'd known enough people for every minute of the day, and yet still didn't have anyone as my two a.m.

Nate: “And,” he said, “boys at twelve aren’t exactly slick with the ladies.” Ruby: “’Slick with the ladies’?” I said. “Are you twelve?

There comes a time when the world gets quiet and the only thing left is your own heart. So you'd better learn the sound of it. Otherwise you'll never understand what it's saying.