I like flaws. I think they make things interesting.

Even if you do make tons of new friends,” I told him, “try not to forget where you came from, okay?

I just have to be super strong when it comes to my work time. Shut the browser, ignore the email alerts, and just WRITE.

The only thing I can't stand more than seeing something done wrong is seeing it done slowly.

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

But she wouldn't. I knew that already. My mother and I had an understanding: we worked together to be as much in control of our shared world as possible. I was suposed to be her other half, carrying my share of the weight. In the last few weeks, I'd tried to shed it, and doing so sent everything off kilter. So of course she would pull me tighter, keeping me in my place, because doing so meant she would always be sure, somehow, of her own.

It's a lot easier to be lost than found. It's the reason we're always searching and rarely discovered--so many locks not enough keys.