I looked at the sweatshirt again. "'You swim' is a philosophy?" He shrugged. "Better than 'you sink', right?

Their words, like the music, had the potential to be endless.

And she was good to me: strong, fun, and fiercely loyal. And if I didn't have many other friends because of her-most girls were intimidated by her looks, or thought she was too pushy, or just flat-out feared for their boyfriends-it never bothered me. I never missed having a wide, thick circle of girlfriends: Rina was more than enough. We were comfortable with each other's flaws and weaknesses, so we stuck together and kept to ourselves.

And while it is hard enough to take away something that makes a person happy it's even more difficult when it seems like it's the only thing.

It's funny how someone's perception of you can be formed without you even knowing it.

It takes so little to change everything. If you really thought about it, it would scare you to death.

Donneven, Bettaquit and Mmmhmmmm