I used to listen to it all the time when I was little and thinking about grown-up things. I would go to my bedroom window and stare at my reflection in the glass and the trees behind it and just listen to the song for hours. I decided then that when I met someone I thought was as beautiful as the song, I should give it to that person. And I didn’t mean beautiful on the outside. I meant beautiful in all ways.

There's nothing like deep breaths after laughing that hard. Nothing in the world like a sore stomach for the right reasons.

the juniors were acting different because they are now the seniors. They even had T-shirts made. I don't know who plans these things.

I wish I knew. It might make me miss him more clearly. It might have made sad sense.

We accept the love we think we deserve.

The thing is, some girls think they can actually change guys. And what’s funny is that if they actually did change them, they’d get bored. They’d have no challenge left. You just have to give girls some time to think of a new way of doing things, that’s all. Some of them will figure it out here. Some later. Some never. I wouldn’t worry about it too much.

I would give someone a record so they could love the record, not so they would always know that I gave it to them.