Okay that’s it. Now I’m torching this. I just need to score a match.

He tells us that life isn't about what happens to you, it's about what you do about what happens to you.

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

It was beyond embarrassing or humiliating or even mortifying. It was ego-slaying!

But in my heart I knew the old Bryce was toast. There was no going back. Not to Garrett or Shelly or Miranda or any of the other people who wouldn't understand. Juli was different, but after all these years that didn't bother me anymore. I liked it. I liked her.

There’s no winning arguments with your parents, so why get all pumped up over them? It is way better to dive down and get out of the way than it is to get clobbered by some parental tidal wave.

I'll ride my bike all the stinkin' way to school for the rest of eternity if it means being with her. -Bryce