The way I see it," she continued, "is that some things are just meant to be the way they are.

Love is so unpredictable. That's what makes it so great.

I'd been convinced I was on the outside, but really, I'd always been within arm's reach. All I had to do was ask, and I, too, would be easily brought back, surrounded and immersed, finding myself safe, somewhere in between.

If he'd been any other boy, and this was any other world, I would have kissed him. Nothing could have stopped me.

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.

You’re always a kid around your parents… Unless they’re acting like children. Then you don’t get the chance.

That first love. And the first one who breaks your heart. For me, they just happen to be the same person.