You’ve just got to take a good hard look at yourself, change what needs to be changed, and move on.

So, as a seventh grader,no, you weren’t friends with people you didnt like. But sometimesyou also werent friends with people you did like, which was complicated, and which didnt make any sence if you tried...

Any sentence that combined “I love you” and “but” could not be good.

You should eat a waffle! You can’t be sad if you eat a waffle!

People change for each other all the time. Take any love story, any great love story at all, and you’ll see that people have to be willing to change if they’re going to make things...

It wasn’t that he didn’t love me, because I knew he did. As for me, I loved him so much it hurt.

I live in my own little world. But its ok, they know me here.

Sometimes when we forget to do things for others, it’s because we’re too wrapped up in our own problems. When actually, what we need to forget is ourselves. Change is healthy, right?

One: Don’t play leapfrog with elephants.Two: Don’t pet a tiger unless his tail is wagging.Three: Never, ever, mess with the Ladies Auxiliary.-Mayberry Rules for a Long, Happy Life

If everyone started off the day singing, just think how happy they’d be.

They’re not chicks. They’re ducks.

All I knew now was that nothing lasted forever, not even a friendship, and that being “different” felt the same as being alone.

We are all flawed, my dear. Every one of us. And believe me, we’ve all made mistakes. You’ve just got to take a good hard look at yourself, change what needs to be changed, and...

I keep what I know about Sarah Lynn and Lawrence to myself. I also remind myself that even if Sarah Lynn does have a scary strict father, that doesn’t release her from the responsibility of...

Christmas is never over, unless you want it to be.

God loves you even on your blackest days, and He will always, always be there to guide you home. All you have to do is look for the light of His love.

But if I didn’t know Kate, then maybe I didn’t know myself-and if was that not-knowing that made my gut clench. Like losing your balance, that whoosh of almost falling, before pulling yourself back in...

Sarah Lynn strides out of the stairwell. Lawrence watches her go. The door slushes shut behind her, and he turns to me with a tightened jaw. I want to tell him: No, no, you’ve got...

I suppose she’s right. It’s like a metaphor for life: No one wants an ornery old goat, but we can’t resist opening the door ayway. We can’t keep from hoping.

We all mess up. It’s what we learn from our mistakes that matters.

She holds herself with such reserve. She smiles, but the smile doesn’t reach her eyes, even in the company of the girls she’s chosen to eat with. Why?I have no clue, and I really don’t...

Paddle Harder

I was just teasing,” I say. “I myself don’t like to eat plain butter, but hey, it’s a free world.

My angel-boy is close now, as in five-feet-away close. There’s no way I’m going to burst into song in front of him. But then the contrary part of me says, you’re going to let a...

He slouches,’ DeeDee contributes.’True–he needs to work on his posture,’ Thelma says.’You guys,’ I say.’I’m serious,’ Thelma says. ‘What if you get married? Don’t you want to go to fancy dinners with him and be...

Can you just trust in our love, without asking me to prove it every single second?

It’s not what the universe gives us that matters. It’s what we give the universe.

I hadn’t been “possessed”, after all. Not by an angel or a demon. Maybe there were aspects of both inside me, but I was the one who chose which to let out.

So as a seventh grader, no, you weren’t friends with people you didn’t like. But sometimes you also weren’t friends with people you did like, which was complicated, and which didn’t make any sense if...