I had liked him for all the wrong reasons.

I realize something. That wasn't a finish line for me...This is my new starting line.

I miss school. What’s wrong with me?

Some of us get dipped in flat, some in satin, some in gloss...." He turned to me. "But every once in a while, you find someone who's iridescent, and when you do, nothing will ever compare.

It's easy to look back and see it, and it's easy to give the advice. But the sad fact is, most people don't look beneath the surface until it's too late.

I wipe away my tears and nod, because the pain in my leg is nothing compare to the one in my heart.

It's experiences in life that give us something to write about, and since good fiction is applied tension, you'll have an arsenal of good material if life hasn't been peachy (and not a whole lot if it has).