The basic fact is that no, this isn't ideal. Very few things are. Sometimes, you have to manufacture your own history. Give fate a push,so to speak.

The thing is, you can’t always have the best of everything. Because for a life to be real, you need it all: good and bad, beach and concrete, the familiar and the unknown, big talkers and small towns.

The only trick was never giving more that you were willing to lose.

Like life isn't complicated enough. You should at least be able to follow the signs.

Teaching was great for me, because I got to show people how writing can really change the way you see not only yourself but the world.

Maybe you could go backwards and forwards at the same time, but it wasn't easy. You had to want to.

Of course it hurts", she grumbled, tipping my head further back. "Life sucks. Get over it