I know who the real hero is, and it isn’t me or brave Lanaya. It’s an old man with a white beard and a walking stick and a heart so big it won’t let him...

Bean finds the best apple in our tree and hands it up to me. “You know what this tastes like when you first bite into it?” she asks. “No, what?” “Blue sky.” “You’re zoomed.” “You...

Keep marching boys and girls. Keep marching

I used to belong to a family unit, with a foster mom and dad and my little sister, Bean, but that’s over and I don’t want to talk about what happened , or how unfair...

I’m thinking maybe letting the latches burn is the right idea. Let everything burn until there’s nothing left but ashes and cool rain.

Books are like truth serum– if you don’t read, you can’t figure out what’s real.

Sure it will hurt. But so what? Pain is just a state of mind. You can think your way out of anything, even pain.

Do not despair, my friend. Today is theirs, but the future is ours

Shut up!” I say, holding my hands to my ears. “Shut up!”But the stupid gummy won’t shut up; he’s trying to tell me something important even though I’m covering my ears and I don’t want...

remembering is a great invention of the mind, and if you try hard enough you can remember anything, whether it really happened or not.

I believe that we have the ability to change our lives using our imaginations. Imagination is a muscle—the more you use it, the stronger it gets.

The only real treasure is in your head. Memories are better than diamonds and nobody can steal them from you

You ever notice how long it takes for things to happen when you know they’re supposed to happen? My fake Walkman has a built-in alarm, and I set it for two in the morning and...