But sometimes you lose. Nothing you can do but admit it. -Eli

Holding people away from you, and denying yourself love, that doesn't make you strong. if anything, it makes you weaker. Because you're doing it out of fear.

"Which is completely out-of-line behavior. Then you are wholly within your rights to stomp on their foot." "No," Delia said, over her shoulder. "Actually, you're not. Just excuse yourself as politely as possible, and get out of arm's reach." Kristy looked at me, shaking her head. "Stomp them." she said, under her breath. "Really."

An ending was an ending. No matter how many pages of sentences and paragraphs of great stories led up to it, it would always have the last word.

So many times it seemed like there were chances to stop things before they started. Or even stop them in midstream. But it was even worse when you knew in that very moment that there was still time to save yourself, and yet you couldn't even budge.

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

I was bored. Sad. Lonely. It was only a matter of time before I cracked.