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

But you can't get to the place you most want to be without taking a chance.

Last words of wisdom.If your parents are screewed up, don't turn into them. Use them as an example of what not to be- be yourself instead. you can overcome your fears, you can change, you can make your life into what you've always wanted it to be. Maybr not tomorrow but soon. So hang in.

If you see someone being bullied, make it stop. Why is that so hard for us to do?

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.

All I know is, if we don't eat soon I'm going to chew off a limb. And I can't guarentee it'll be mine.

Do you want to be with Dave for the rest of your life?” Then he rips off a piece of paper and picks up the smallest charcoal stick from my set. He writes something. He passes it over to me. It says: Time will tell. “And while you’re waiting,” he says, “don’t settle for anything less than what you really want.