Love doesn’t come with an on-off switch. It’s made of too many threads of memory and hope and heartache that weave themselves into the very core of who you are.

It doesn’t matter how great your shoes are if you don’t accomplish anything in them.

Sometimes, though, we let ourselves get so used to being ‘fine’ that we lose track of how ‘not fine’ we are.

But the people who mattered were the people you chose instead of the people who were yours by an accident of birth. Real family was heart as much as, if not more than, blood.

Her hands crept around his neck, tangling in his hair to keep him closer, even though she knew that beautiful boys with expiration dates couldn’t be held, only borrowed for a time.

Is there a reason you look like you want to murder me?””Not particularly. You have that effect on people.

But there was a difference between being stuck and choosing to stay. Between being found and finding yourself.