How weird that must be, to stay the same as everyone else changes.

Teaching was great for me, because I got to show people how writing can really change the way you see not only yourself but the world.

That was the thing about being alone, in theory or in principle. Whatever happened - good, bad, or anywhere in between - it was always, if nothing else, all your own.

You want to take me to a movie?" I asked. "Well, not really," he said. "What I really want is for you to be my girlfriend. But I thought saying that might scare you off.

Because the truth sometimes hurts," I said. Yeah," he said. "So do lies, though.

The point,' Ms. Conyers continued, "is that no word had one specific definition. Maybe in the dictionary, but not in real life.

As if at the age of eighteen life already sucked beyond any hope of improvement.