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

Life is long. Just because you don't get your chance right when you want or expect it doesn't mean it won't come. Fate doesn't punch a time clock or consult a schedule.

But you don’t have to give everyone the benefit of the doubt.” “You don’t have to assume the worst about everyone, either. The world isn’t always out to get you.

Here was a boy who liked flaws, who saw them not as failings but as strengths. Who knew such a person could exist, or what would have happened if we'd found each other under different circumstances? Maybe in a perfect world. But not in this one.

But if something was really important, fate made sure it somehow came back to you and gave you another chance.

You should have seen your face," she said, her breath hot in my ear. "Sa-woooon.

I wasn't very happy in high school: it was a confusing and sort of sad time for me.