It's strange to describe reading a book as a really great experience, but that's kind of how it felt.

They just knew. And I think that's all you can ever ask from a friend.

I just laid around in my bed, looking at the ceiling, and i smiled because it was a nice kind of quiet.

You know . . . a lot of kids at school hate their parents. Some of them got hit. And some of them got caught in the middle of wrong lives. Some of them were trophies for their parents to show the neighbors like ribbons or gold stars. And some of them just wanted to drink in peace.

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.

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.

He realized that if he didn't leave, it would never be his life. It would be theirs.