All I'd wanted for so long was for someone to explain everything that had happened to me in this same way. To label it neatly on a page: this leads to this leads to this.

My agent is so totally honest, which is just what every writer needs. She won't let me sell a crappy book, even if I want to.

When I was in high school, I was always really envious of those girls who seemed to have everything: the perfect hair, perfect clothes, perfect boyfriend, perfect life. It wasn't until I was older that I realized that nobody's life is perfect, and that those girls probably had a lot of the same problems I did.

Sometimes a question can hurt more than an answer.

That was the thing. You just never knew. Forever was so many different things. It was always changing, it was what everything was really all about.

And like my dad always said, the first step is always the hardest.

There comes a point when things are undeniable and can't be hidden any longer. Even from yourself.