It’s just that I don’t want to be somebody’s crush. If somebody likes me, I want them to like the real me, not what they think I am. And I don’t want them to carry it around inside. I want them to show me, so I can feel it too.
It was the kind of kiss that made me know that I was never so happy in my whole life.
I don’t even remember the season. I just remember walking between them and feeling for the first time that I belonged somewhere.
Sam has brown hair and very, very pretty green eyes. The kind of green that doesn’t make a big deal about itself.
When the police came, they found my brother asleep on the roof. Nobody knows how he got there.
Have you ever done that? You feel really bad, and then it goes away, and you don’t know why.
I really think that everyone should have watercolors, magnetic poetry, and a harmonica.
I don’t know how much longer I can keep going without a friend. I used to be able to do it very easily, but that was before I knew what having a friend was like.
Nobody felt sad as long as we could postpone tomorrow with more nostalgia.
I’m just thinking too fast – much too fast.
It’s strange how things can change back as suddenly as they changed originally. When one thing happens and suddenly, things are back to normal.
And things were back to normal except we were just friends.
Old pictures look very rugged and young, and the people in the photographs always seem a lot happier than you are.
If it meant that I would never get to think of you that way, as long as you were happy, it was okay.
I just think it’s bad when a boy looks at a girl and thinks that the way he sees her is better than she actually is. And I think it’s bad when the most honest way a boy can look at a girl is through a camera.
What about when someone doesn’t need a shoulder? What if they need the arms?
It’s strange the times people choose to be generous.
And we could all sit around and wonder and feel bad about each other and blame a lot of people for what they did or didn’t do or what they didn’t know. I don’t know. I guess there would always be someone to blame.
Charlie, you’re one of the most gifted people I’ve ever known. And I don’t mean in terms of my other students. I mean in terms of anyone I’ve ever met.
But right now I’m here with you. And I want to know where you are, what you need, and what you want to do.