No need to continually insist upon your unshakable masculinity.

My name is Four,” I say. “Call me ‘Stiff’ again and you and I will have a problem.

Sorry, am I being rude?" she asks. "I'm used to saying whatever is on my mind. Mom used to say that politeness is deception in pretty packaging

Ingenuity requires creativity.

It happened. It was awful. You aren't perfect. That's all there is. Don't confuse your grief with guilt.

A breeze blows through the alley, pushing me to one side, and I think of scaling the Ferris wheel with Tobias. He kept me steady then. There is no one left to keep me steady now.

I fell in love with him. But I don't just stay with him by default as if there's no one else available to me. I stay with him because I choose to, every day that I wake up, every day that we fight or lie to each other or disappoint each other. I choose him over and over again, and he chooses me.