But it was okay not to fit in everywhere, as long as you did somewhere.

I didn't want to talk about what happened, so it seemed safest not to talk at all.

When you've never gotten love from someone, you don't know what it might look like if it ever does appear. You look for it in everything: any bright light overhead could be a star.

If you expect the worst, you'll never be disappointed.

After all, it's all kinds of things that make up a life, right? The big, like falling in love and spending time with your family, and the little....like blow drying your hair, applying concealer, and cursing those magazine inserts. It all counts. It has to.

Believe in yourself up here and it will make you stronger than you could ever imagine.

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