It's about how you're like a lighthouse, always searching far into the distance. But the thing you're looking for is usually close to you and always has been. That's why you have to look within yourself to find answers instead of searching beyond.

Because I still love him. You can't just turn love off. You still feel it.

I wish emotional bruises healed like physical ones.

The only person I can count on is myself. It's up to me to create the life I want. I can't blame my parents or Scott or anyone else for the way things are.

It’s interesting how something that comes so easily to one person can be so impossible for someone else.

Your life can end in a flash before you even have time to know it’s over. There is no safe. There is no control.

The whole thing about bullying is: yes, the culture has to change. Yes, teens have the power to change it. It’s not going to happen overnight, but this is definitely something that I want to start motivating teens to do today." - Publisher Weekly