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I will not be violent," I chant-mutter. "I will not be violent. I am peaceful and good. I do not want to give anyone the finger.
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I crumple on my bed. For a second, i believed that what i wanted more than anything in the world had come true. For a second, i believed that my dad was back. but he isn't. He's gone again. he's really truly gone and i know it. i know i'll never see him again no matter how much i want to. The candle in me has blown out and i'm afraid, really, really afraid, because my biggest fear is true. i have to live my life without my dad, my running partner, the guy who taught me amnesty and sang john lennon songs really off key.
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Emotions are real, just not the reasons behind them.
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He wipes his hand on his shirt. What? Did I drool on you?" A little." You're a wolf. You should be used to drool." That's low.
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I just think about how saying that you love someone can make your heart feel like some sort of brownie sundae, warm, gooey, sweet and good.
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I swear, if she were a cat she'd be hissing.
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Boys are stupid. That's all there is to it. Boys are just stupid.
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Some things you never forget.
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Monsters? Why? Because we admit to the pain we cause? Admit we like it?...
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Sometimes its not the dark that we are afraid of, but the absence of light.
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I do a victory dance worthy of any NFL running back. Uh-huh.
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I know it's like meant to be and stuff, but I have to wait, cause to truly love someone, you have to work out the things that need to be – and you have to be ready to love them and they, you.
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I am not 'most' and I am not 'people'.
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I used to be embarrassed by my mom, but now I know what she is—she’s a hero.
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Sometimes it's good to give people something they're not expecting.
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... no one can ever save someone else, you know? We can only save ourselves. You know that, don't you?
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They should be beautiful, but I know what they are. They are not beautiful, because beauty is about grace and love and hope. They are all about need.
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That's what people who love you do: they hold you and lie. They tell you that you're worthy, that everything will be all right, and they do that even when you both know without a doubt that this is not true, that is it nowhere near the truth.
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There are so many layers inside of people, so much soul pain and angsty depth and heart hurt, and some ... hide all this so well that when it comes out in an action as simple as a nod, your entire world shifts a little bit on its axis.
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If you don't believe something, then don't say it. Saying it only gives it power. ~Betty White
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Hate is a useless emotion.
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Some of us fight against it, doing everything we can to make it not true. Some of us lose ourselves to grief. Some of us lose ourselves to anger.
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I promise you. You will survive this. Feel my hand. It is yours now, my queen. I promise you. I am yours.
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Then he smiles at me and my heart starts beating harder, which I'm ashamed to admit, but it's true. Hearts betray you like that. This is why it's perfectly acceptable to be cardiophobic, afraid of hearts.