We know each other in a way that no one else can. We share a history that makes us permanently connected.

Derek’s like, “So . . . what do you want to do first?” “I don’t know.” “Feel like ice cream?” “It’s, like, three degrees out.” “That’s why getting ice cream would be badass.

But maybe those things are like background noise if you’re from here. Maybe you have to experience this as a whole new place to appreciate it like I do.

Following your heart means allowing the possibility of finding true love to be stronger than the fear of rejection.

It’s like once everyone decides who you are, you’re locked into their version of you and that’s it.

I'm thinking that it might actually be possible for things to work out sometimes. Definitely not everything and maybe not the way you imagined. But sometimes, when you least expected it, life surprises you.

The past doesn't just disappear after it's happened.