This was always the problem with my mother and me, I suddenly realized. There were so many things we thought we agreed on, but anythign can have two meanings. Like sides of a coin, it just matters how it falls.

And trying to break it down this way, to minor and major offenses, maybes and what-ifs, was like arguing over the origin of cracks in a broken egg. It was done. How it happened didn't matter anymore.

Self respect, Colie. If you don't have it, the world will walk all over you.

Never would forever, with all its meanings, be so clear and distinct as in the true, guaranteed end of the world.

If this was my forever, I wouldn't want to spend it here.

Being brave and self-confident doesn't necessarily start inside...It starts with the rest of the world, and it leads back to you.

Listen,"Kristy said," the truth is,nothing is guranteed. You know better than anybody." She looked at me hard,making sure I knew what she meant.I did."So don't be afraid.Be alive.