Do you do this all the time?’ he asked.’No,’ I said. ‘Just today.’He smiled.

No, you’re not a bad person,” he said. “And Richter isn’t a bad person, and I’m not a bad person. We’re just people, and people sometimes do stupid things.

You live here. Doesn’t that make it real enough?

People say teenagers think they’re immortal, and I agree with that. But I think there’s a difference between thinking you’re immortal and knowing you can survive. Thinking you’re immortal leads to arrogance, thinking you deserve...

Mile’s fingers pressed into the small of my back. “Basorexia,” he mumbled.”Gesundheit.”He laughed. “It’s an overwhelming desire to kiss.””I thought you weren’t good at figuring out what you felt.””I’m probably using the word in the...