Holly, I understand that you are upset because Gemma pulled down your ants, but why did you think pouring motor oil inside her backpack is the way to solve the problem?

Sometimes I get so caught up in my own problems that I forget how amazing the world is.

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

I am a runner. That's what I do. That's who I am. Running is all I know, or want, or care about.

To by held above the earth and be brushed by the wind," she said,"it's like your heart has been kissed by beauty.

There was other stuff, too, like how something can be so much more than the parts it took to make it, and why people need things around them that lift them above their lives and make them feel the miracle of living.

You told us over and over that you don’t think you could live without books, but the ironic thing is, you’d probably die before you’d think to rip pages out of one to start a fire. Am I right? Well, get over it already. Better to be warm then well-read.