Look. We both know life is short, Macy. Too short to waste a single second with anyone who doesn't appreciate and value you.

People don't change. If anything, you get more set in your ways as you get older, not less

I planned my whole future around Adam," she said now, quietly. "And now I have nothing." "No," I told her, "now you just don't have Adam. There's a big difference, Lissa. You just can't see it yet.

I hated high school. I was not the greatest student, participated in no activities, and spent most of my time hanging out in my parking lot.

How do you even begin to return to someone, much less convince them to do the same for you? I had no idea. More than ever, though, right then I had to believe the answer would just come to me.

Because if you were the problem, chances were you could also be the solution. The only way to find out was to take another shot.

I hadn't said goodbye. It had been easier, like always, to just disappear, sparing myself the messy details of another farewell. Now, my fingers hovered over my track pad, moving the cursor down to his comment section before I stopped myself. What was the point? Anything I said now would only be an afterthought. Elizabeth who goes by her middle name