He never gives up on who I am or who I could be. He doesn't run away when things get complicated.

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.

If I’d stopped believing that my life would eventually get better, I don’t think I would have survived high school.

School would be way more tolerable if everyone wasn’t so afraid to be who they really are. And if everyone else would let them.

Anyway, shes still getting to know you," Mike says. "Chicks are like that. They base how much tey like on you an emotional level. They have to be into your personality first, and then they decide they want you. But if a guy thinks a girl is hot, he'll learn to like her personality later. It's two different worlds, man.

Girls with the beauty-and-brains thing going on are the most intimidating girls in the world.

No one should be ashamed to speak up. Shame makes it easy for neglect and abuse and bullying to stay huddled together in their dark corner. It’s time to throw the switch on this spotlight. If I can inspire other kids to speak their truth, then everything I’ve been through will have been worth it.