Collin Singleton could no more stay cool than a blue whale could stay skinny or Bangladesh could stay rich

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The feeling of loving her and being loved by her welled up in him, and he could taste the adrenaline in the back of his throat, and maybe it wasn’t over, and maybe he could...

Dumpers may not always be the heartbreakers, and the Dumpees may not always be the heartbroken. But everyone has a tendency.

The problem with chameleoning your way through life is that it gets to the point where nothing is real.

So I was ugly. I was never fat, really, and I never wore headgear or had zits or anything. But I was ugly. I don’t even know how ugly and pretty get decided – maybe...

I just want to domething that matters. Or be something that matters. I just want to matter.

And even though he felt pitiful and ridiculous, he didn’t want it to end, because he knew the absence of her would hurt more than any breakup ever could.

You don’t remember what happened. What you remember becomes what happened.

but there was no denying her smile. That smile could end wars and cure cancer.

If people could see me the way I see myself – if they could live in my memories – would anyone love me?

I feel like, like, how you matter is defined by the things that matter to you. You matter as much as the things that matter to you do. And I got so backwards, trying to...

It’s just that I learned a while ago that the best way to get people to like you is not to like them too much.

And then it was the kind of dark your eyes never adjust to.

What’s the point in being alive if you don’t at least try to do something remarkable? How very odd, to believe God gave you life, and yet not think that life asks more of you...

You matter as much as the things that matter to you. And I got so backwards trying to matter to him. All this time, there were real things to care about: real, good people who...

Incidentally, did you know that the whole eight glasses a day thing is complete bullshit and has no scientific basis? So many things are like that. Everyone just assumes they’re true, because people are basically...