Then the movie started. It was in a foreign language and had subtitles, which was fun because I had never read a movie before.

I walk around the school hallways and look at the people. I look at the teachers and wonder why they’re here. If they like their jobs. Or us. And I wonder how smart they were...

Next was Alice. I gave her a book by Anne Rice because she is always talking about her. And she looked at me like she couldn’t believe I knew she loved Anne Rice. I guess...

She even told me how to treat a girl on a date, which was very interesting. She said that with a girl like Mary Elizabeth, you shouldn’t tell her she looks pretty. You should tell...

We didn’t talk about anything heavy or light. We were just there together. And that was enough

It’s nice to have things to look forward to.

On that piece of white paper, Sam wrote, “Write about me sometime.” And I typed back to her, standing right there in her bedroom. I just typed. “I will.”And I felt good that those were...

Charlie … have you ever kissed a girl?” I shook my head no. It was so quiet. “Not even when you were little?” I shook my head no again. And she looked very sad. She...

I think he was especially happy because I used to kiss this boy in the neighborhood a lot when I wasvery little, and even though the psychiatrist said it was very natural for little boys...

If you care about somebody, you should want them to be happy. Even if you wind up being left out.

I just wish that God or my parents or Sam or my sister or someone would just tell me what’s wrong with me. Just tell me how to be different in a way that makes...

I just think it’s bad when a boy looks at a girl and thinks that the way he sees her is better than she actually is. And I think it’s bad when the most honest...

I just need to know that someone out there listens and understands and doesn’t try to sleep with someone even if they could have. I need to know these people exist.

Everyone loves each other, but no one really likes each other

So I started shoveling Bob’s driveway, which is a strange thing to do at a New Years Eve Party

And I guess I realized at that moment that I really did love her. Because there was nothing to gain, and that didn’t matter.

I was in my bed trying to figure out why sometimes you can wake up and go back to sleep and other times you can’t

I know we didn’t accomplish anything, but it felt great to sit there and talk about our place in things.

Maybe he didn’t really encourage me to do things, but he didn’t prevent me from doing them either. But after a while, I didn’t do things because I didn’t want him to think different about...

It’s like when you’re excited about a girl and you see a couple holding hands, and you feel so happy for them. And other times you see the same couple, and they make you so...

And then he says something like this … “I would die for you. But I won’t live for you.” Something like that. I think the idea is that every person has to live for his...

Things get worse before they get better, but this is a worse that feels too big.

And in that moment, I swear we were infinite.

I walked over to the hill where we used to go and sled. There were a lot of little kids there. I watched them flying. Doing jumps and having races. And I thought that all...

The fights are always the same

I personally find ”super models” strange. I don’t know why this is.

And all the books you’ve read have been read by other people. And all the songs you’ve loved have been heard by other people. And that girl that’s pretty to you is pretty to other...

As you see the opening get closer, you just can’t get fast enough. And finally, just when you think you’ll never get there, you see the opening right in front of you.

What’s the point of using words nobody knows or can say comfortably?

And even if somebody else has it much worse, that doesn’t really change the fact that you have what you have. Good and bad… Maybe it’s good to put things in perspective, but sometimes, I...

I think it’s nice for stars to do interviews to make us think they are just like us, but to tell you the truth, I get the feeling that it’s all a big lie. The...

We accept the love we think we deserve.

To tell you the truth, I’ve just been avoiding everything. I walk around the school hallways and look at the people. I look at the teachers and wonder why they’re here. If they like their...

she hated everything her parents loved

So, I guess we are who we are for alot of reasons. And maybe we’ll never know most of them. But even if we don’t have the power to choose where we come from, we...

It’s strange how things can change back as suddenly as they changed originally. When one thing happens and suddenly, things are back to normal.

The family watched It’s a Wonderful Life, which is a very beautiful movie and all I could think was why didn’t they make a movie about uncle Billy?…Because he was a drunk and fat and...

My sister said Mary Elizabeth is suffering from low self-esteem, but I told her that she said the same thing about Sam back in November when she started dating Craig, and Sam is completely different....

Sam looked at me soft. And she hugged me. And I closed my eyes because I wanted to know nothing but her arms.

I’m not saying she was lying to me, but she just acted so different before I got to know her, and if she really isn’t like what she was at the beginning, I wish she...

Girls like guys to be a challenge. It gives them some mold to fit in how they act. Like a mom. What would a mom do if she couldn’t fuss over you and make you...

Little kids talk about the strangest things. They really do.

Dear Friend, I’m sorry I haven’t written to you in a couple of weeks, but I have been trying to ‘participate’ like Bill said.

I would die for you. But I won’t live for you.

And I think they knew. Not anything specific really. They just knew. And I think that’s all you can ever ask from a friend.

I just kind of put my feelings away somewhere after that.

I am very interested and fascinated how everyone loves each other, but no one really likes each other.

I feel like a big faker because I’ve been putting my life back together, and nobody knows.

The two families really don’t like each other, except for all us younger cousins because we don’t know any better.

That nice feeling when you look in the mirror, and your hair’s right for the first time in your life? I don;t think we should base so much on weight, muscles, and a good hair...