Whether it was a song, a person, or a story, there was a lot you couldn’t know from just an excerpt, a glance, or part of a chorus.

So maybe it wasn't the fairy tale. But those stories weren't real anyway. Mine were.

I would have thought this would make me feel better.. getting to be the one to leave and not the one left behind. But it didn't. Not at all.

Doesn't it seem sometimes that the whole world's uphill but at least we know the way back will be easy.

My books are so tame!

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

I have boobs!" Chloe said again, a bit too loudly— she'd already had a couple of mini bottles at the Spot. "My boobs are great, goddammit. You know that? They're fantastic! My boobs are amazing.