Events conspired to bring you back to where you'd been. It was what you did then that made all the difference: it was all about potential.

Sometimes a question can hurt more than an answer.

Failing sucks. But it's better than the alternative." "Which is?" "Not even trying." Now he did look at me, straight on. "Life's short, you know?

Even if you do make tons of new friends,” I told him, “try not to forget where you came from, okay?

This is personal, she'd said. Real. This moment was too, even if you couldn't see it at first glance. It was fake on the outside, but so true within. You only had to look, really look to tell.

Told you. Everything sounds better in the car wash.

Sometimes. It was a good escape. Until, you know, it wasn‟t.