It doesn’t matter who you were or what you’ve done in the past. The only thing that matters is who you are right now.

Think of that person you knew when you were a kid, who you always thought you could have loved completely and forever.Well, you could have. It’s the truth, and it’s the saddest and simplest thing....

Do the thing you love to do. Hank Williams died at the ripe old age of twentynine. Stevie Ray Vaughan at thirty-five. Jesus at thirtythree. Don’t think you’re special and the Lord’s gonna bless you...

He took it out like a sprinter, and brought it home like a distance swimmer.

Chaos within destiny. It was the definition of our love.

I “dated” one boy and our song was “Faithfully” by Journey. Every time it played my body would turn electric, and I would stare out whatever window I was near and reminisce about experiences I...

I gave him a piece of my heart a long time ago, and once you give that away, I’ve learned you don’t so easily get it back.

All I do when we’re apart is think about you, and all I when we’re together is panic. Because every second feels so important. And because I’m so out of control, I can’t help myself....

This is the hour I hide everythingBehind my eyesTo see if you can seeAll the trouble my brain’s been brewing. Yes, I feel I am the worst and you are the bestAnd yet, and yet,...

And then I remember this morning and I wonder if it really happened or if I dreamed it. It was nice. And weird. And tender. I’m not used to tender. It’s a fossil, that word....

I found him between a reality and a nightmare.

MANIFEST.” The idea being if you thought and dreamed about the way you wanted your life to be — if you just envisioned it long enough, it would come into being.But as hard as I...

We have to think of a question that we wouldn’t otherwise want to answer.’He stood over the pot, looking down at the leaves. ‘Something like, Who do you fancy?”That might work,’ I said, even though...

I was falling in love with her, and she was falling in love with me. It was fated, decided before any of us were born, and I hated it as much as I loved it....

Are you going to spank me, daddy? I’m a very bad girl! (bending over naked)”Oh yeah daddy – spank my ass harder!!!

He begins to sing to her, very softly, almost not singing at all, just a whisper of a tune. He spins out the tune like it is a tale he is telling her, until he...

You sit there in your heartache Waiting on some beautiful boy to To save you from your old ways You play forgiveness Watch him now, here he comesHe doesnt look a thing like Jesus But...

But in the end, black can never be white, one plus one must always equal two, and Mara Lynn was a normal little girl.

Make love to me,” I whispered. They were words uttered before, but this time they held the weight of the moment and our will to never let it go. Eli needed no further permission and...

Watching them was like watching the sunset and the sunrise, equally beautiful in different ways.

Because I loved you!” she shouted. “Because I didn’t want to let you go! Because I didn’t want to lose you!” She hadn’t realized she was crying until her voice hitched and she felt the...

But it’d be nice to have someone who cared about me, someone I could talk toabout anything, someone who’d tell me I was really special.

The young habitually mistake lust for love, they’re infested with idealism of all kinds.

But this girl—She reminded me of what it was like to believe in something. Her hope was naïve, but it was real, and I hadn’t felt something real in years. Nothing positive anyways. (Eric)

Perfume counters in department stores, Holly Deblin smells of, the middle of July, and cinnamon Tic Tacs.

I’m enjoying two beautiful visions tonight. Watching you stand there against a marvelous background has to be the most intriguing sunset I have ever experienced.

He had something in him, how he walked, how he carried himself with that carelessness, he wasn’t my type entirely, if I ever had a type of guy before him.

We are young, life is vivacious, life is fun, let’s enjoy it, at the beach with loving sun.

Life is short, Isobeli. If we gave time to everything sooner or later we’d run out of it. We only have now. And we would be foolish to not seize it while we have it....

Our love was a river, always changing under the mercy of nature’s elements, but we continued to flow, even when we trickled.

Look at me, Kia! Look me in the eye and tell me you’re not her.

But now it was spring again, and spring was almost unbearable for sensitive hearts. It drove creation to its utmost limits, it wafted its spice-laden breath even into the nostrils of the innocent.

I tucked the Camel coupon from his cigarette pack into my pocket. A souvenir of the moment where he said maybe. I would hold on to his maybe for as long as it would take,...

His resonating stare fluttered through my memory, and I shivered. I hadn’t seen kindness in his pupils. I only saw intensity, and, I hated to admit it, but he was beyond intimidating. He was overwhelming....

Will I be some kid’s dad one day? Are any future people lurking deep inside mine?…Which girl’s carrying the other half of my kid, deep in those intricate loops? What’s she doing right now? What’s...

So this is what men are like. Well, that’s it, then – I am going to be a lesbian.

Fall, sweetheart. I’ll catch you.

But between the busy heads and over-reaching arms he could see Charley and Sylvia, sitting close together, talking and listening more than eating. She was in a new strange state of happiness not to be...

We met each other when we were young, before we knew enough about disappointment, and once we did we found we reminded each other of it.

One moment of true happiness was worth all the moments of pain. (Jessica)

No matter where I am in my life, no matter what I am doing, I will never be far from you in my heart. I may be moving on, but I’m not moving away from...

He kisses me once more, on the forehead this time, and then he’s gone. And I know I’m young, and fairly inexperienced where men are concerned, but I’m positive that even when I’m 90 years...

My problem stemmed from not forgiving myself.

I feel as though I should say something profound, or enact some rite, or trade something to make it official. I want to transfer some trinket which would allow me to say that she’s my...

For the record, I would like to point out that it is NOT being obsessive to memorize a boy’s schedule so that you can accidentally bump into him. It is called being efficient.

Her chest began to quake softly. “Why?””Why what, sweetheart?” I said gently. “Why do you want me?”I didn’t even have to think. “Because anyone who’s been through what you have and can still come out...

It hasn’t been just a weekend for me, Wilson. I’ve wanted you for so long. I fought off the thoughts every day, exhausting every option to keep you off my mind; I can’t do it...

He could no longer pretend not to have been brought to his knees by her blows, and he could no longer avoid the sentiments that his heart forced him to feel.

Among my stillness was a pounding heart.

Creativity is the catalyst to the future.