I waited for her to nod before pacing while I bit my lip. That hurt, so I switched to biting my finger nail.

What were we, but kids with apartments and jobs anyway?

I was just trying to demonstrate to the students of Rowland University that Rowland University was not infinite. It had taken me a long time to figure out what the problem was, but one day...

Eventually, that feeling fades, but there is always the memory of those days. When you’re young, everything is butterflies. What I mean is—it’s all new. I guess he was telling you to still believe, to...

I do what I do because I am who I am. Don’t make me over.

Society gets by from the help of its citizens.

[novan]: bassists are very good with their fingers[novan]: and some of us sing backup vocals, so that means we’re good with our mouths too…(~ IM chat with Novan Chang, 18, bassist)

Perhaps forgiveness wasn’t a singular event, but a progression, or better, a dance that took some figuring before you could perform the steps.

I just want to know—are you rooting for me? Are you hoping I pull this off?”Cath’s eyes settled on his, tentatively, like they’d fly away if he moved.She nodded her head.The right side of his...

It’s funny how books can change you. You open up a book and one minute you are who you’ve always been, then you read some random passage and you become someone else.

There have been times I have thought some dreams should never be dreamt, but I would hate a world where that was true.

Character isn’t something you talk about; it’s something you show through your actions-through your every day habits.

She felt the cold blast from the sterile air conditioning on her bare arms and thighs, as she ambled down the center of the shopping complex’s ground floor.The scene was a swirl of candy bright...

It’s more like a dusty trail, roughly cut out through the underbrush. Most people don’t even notice it. It doesn’t look like a path at all, so they walk right by. Others see it, but...

Talk to me. Say something, anything,” he pleaded quietly as if he was trying to tame a wild animal.”There’s nothing to say.”He looked up and lowered his eyebrows on his eyes. “Why did you kiss...

character isn’t something you talk about; it’s something you show through your actions—through your every day habits.

Gold Coast” was a neighborhood that stretched five blocks along the lake in a sliver of land just south of Lincoln Park and north of River North. The streets were like fine necklaces and strung...