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.

I am coming to terms with the fact that loving someone requires a leap of faith, and that a soft landing is never guaranteed.

Just because something's damaged doesn't mean it shouldn't be treated with respect.' 'Ad,' Wallace said, 'it's a coffee table, not an orphan.

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.

Now I felt like I was drifting, sucked down by an undertow, and too far out to swim back to the shore.

And always remember how much your crazy sister loves you.

You're not supposed to have it all figured out in high school. If you knew it all, and it was the best, it's all downhill from there.