But the absolute worst was when people asked if I was okay. Because then I had to admit that it was real, it happened, and we weren't together anymore.

There are some things I can't control, & that's just the way it is.

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

Just when it seems like life is getting good, something always has to come along and ruin it.

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.

A geek is like a dork. Someone who’s on the fringe, who you wouldn’t want to hang out with. A nerd is someone too weird and smart to fit in with the masses. Like me.” “You’re not a nerd!” “It’s okay. I know who I am. I consider it a compliment. I like when people tell me I’m weird.” I cram four Cheez Doodles into my mouth. “I mean, why be normal?

The stupid thing about anger is how people hurt you and then you let them keep hurting you by being angry about how they originally hurt you. It’s a vicious cycle.