Jared was completely gone now, holding his stomach and laughing so hard that tears were running down his face. Matt turned on him and snapped, “It’s not funny,” which only made Jared laugh harder.”Any of...

Our one employee came warily out of the back. He was always skittish with me, and if Lizzy wasn’t around, h made a point of keeping his distance. I think he was expecting me to...

I understand addiction now. I never did before, you know. How could a man (or a woman) do something so self-destructive, knowing that they’re hurting not only themselves, but the people they love? It seemed...

The number of people who believe a thing has no bearing upon its truth.

I realized something on the ride. I realized if I wait until I’m not scared to try new things, then I’ll never get to try them at all.

It struck me again the ways Angelo and I were like them. Angelo was my angel, and I was ever on the ground, looking up at him. It was no wonder Jon and I hadn’t...

You are the know place to which the unknown is always leading me back.””I possess nothing worthy to give you.” “There’s only me.” ~ quotes from poetry that Angelo feels match him and Zach

You can’t control what others think. The only thing you can control is yourself. Some people will look down on you for your choices in life, no matter what they are. You can’t do anything...

Maybe Angelo was right. Maybe there was something. I still suspected it was the wine.

What the hell happened to your leg?” Ang asked him. Matt looked down at his shin, which was scraped and oozing and seemed to be caked in mud. “Crashed.””Crashed what?” Ang asked. “My mountain bike....