Feelings can't be a part of this game.

Why are you making a joke out of this?" she asks. "Because it's stupid, Nik. There's not even room in my day to think about someone else.

I now know why people break up in e-mails and text messages. Doing it face-to-face is so hard because you have to stand in front of the person and witness their reaction. Face their wrath.

I want to try making things right because picking up the pieces is way better than leaving them the way they are.

...personal torture instructor...I mean physical therapist.

It's hard keeping everything the same when the same things look and feel so different

It’s not Brittney’s face, not her smile, not even her eyes. All of that surface stuff made the world see her as beautiful, but it was the deeper stuff that made her different.