Right now, though, I wanted not to think forward or backward, but only to lose myself in the words.

But unfriendly is usually one of those things you pick up on right away. You know, like B.O. There's no hiding it if it's there.

Maybe we were all destined to just keep doing the same stupid things, over and over again, never really learning a single thing.

And so really, you have given me no choice but to take you shopping by force.” She sighed, then reached up, dropping her sunglasses down from their perch on her head to cover her eyes. “Do you even realize how happy the average teenage girl would be in your shoes? I have a credit card. We’re at the mall. I want to buy you things. It’s like adolescent nirvana.” - Cora

funny how a beautiful song could tell such a sad story

I have SO many books I didn't sell. Some my agent rejected outright, others made it all the way to my editor to be turned away. Not everything is a winner, which is tough when you've devoted eight or nine months of your life to something.

It was like when you ripped a piece of paper into two: no matter how you tried, the seams never fit exactly right again.