I'm going to be who I really am. I'm going to figure out what this is.

I don't know if it's better to be close with your daughter or make sure that she has a better life than you do.

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 don’t want to start thinking again. Not like I have this last week. I can’t think again. Not ever again.

Asleep by the Smiths Vapour Trail by Ride Scarborough Fair by Simon & Garfunkel A Whiter Shade of Pale by Procol Harum Dear Prudence by the Beatles Gypsy by Suzanne Vega Nights in White Satin by the Moody Blues Daydream by Smashing Pumpkins Dusk by Genesis (before Phil Collins was even in the band!) MLK by U2 Blackbird by the Beatles Landslide by Fleetwood Mac Asleep by the Smiths (again!) -Charlie's mixtape

How about your favorite book?" "This Side of Paradise by From. Scott Fitzgerald." "Why?" "Because it was the last one I read." This made them laugh because they knew I meant it honest, not show-off. Then they told me their favorites, and we sat quiet.

please believe that things are good with me, and even when they're not, they will be soon enough. And i will always believe the same about you.