I was looking at the photographs and I started thinking that there was a time when these weren't memories.

Do you enjoy holidays with your family? I don't mean your mom and dad family, but your uncle and aunt and cousin family? Personally, I do. There are several reasons for this. First, I am very interested and fascinated by how everyone loves each other, but no one really likes each other. Second, the fights are always the same.

All I could do is lie there and think about how much her voice changed when she asked me if she was pretty, and how much she changed when I answered.

To kill a mockingbird. If you haven't read it, I think you should because it is very interesting.

I love Twinkies, and the reason I am saying that is because we are all supposed to think of reasons to live.

You can't just sit there and put everyone's lives ahead of yours and think that counts as love. You just can't. You have to do things.

And how different her face looked the first time she really liked a boy who was not on a poster on her wall. And how her face looked when she realized she was in love with that boy.