Sometimes people use thought to not participate in life.

But in that moment when my brother took the field, all that washed away, and everyone was proud... I looked up at my dad, and he was smiling. I looked at my mom, and she was smiling even though she was nervous about my brother getting hurt, which was strange because it was a VCR tape of an old game, and she knew he didn't get hurt.

Why do I and everyone I love pick people who treat us like we're nothing"; - "We accept the love we think we deserve.

It was the kind of kiss that made me know that I was never so happy in my whole life.

I am writing to you because she said you listen and understand and didn't try to sleep with that person at that party even though you could have.

She said that by introducing me to all these great things, Mary Elizabeth gained a “superior position” that she wouldn’t need if she was confident about herself. She also said that people who try to control situations all the time are afraid that if they don’t, nothing will work out the way they want.

It's like looking at all the students and wondering who's had their heart broken that day, and how they are able to cope with having three quizzes and a book report on top of that.