Call It What You Want

One choice doesn’t determine your whole future.

Other people don’t have the challenges we have... but that doesn’t mean they don’t have their own.

I don't carry a grudge but I have a functioning memory.

When you've lost everything,' he says, 'sometimes you don't see anything wrong with taking a little back.

Nothing is black and white. Nothing is simple and straightforward and easy.

One mistake doesn’t define you.

Sometimes when trying to protect the people closest to us, doing the right thing doesn’t always look so clear.

I’m not lost. I want to do the right thing.” “Most of us do. The problem is that it doesn’t always look the same for all of us.

It’s stupid, but I didn’t realise how lonely I was until I wasn’t.

I think desperate people do desperate things.

I don’t want to talk to anyone, yet I’m also desperate for someone to talk to.

It was nice to sit with someone who doesn't share my DNA and doesn't want to rag on me about my father's misdeeds. It was nice to go somewhere. To do something. My life has collapsed to the point where a ninety-nine-cent coffee with a stranger is meaningful.

But sometimes I think everyone needs to take a long look in the mirror before they go making an issue about someone's else life.

One choice doesn't determine your whole future.

But it took me a long time to forgive them. To reconcile that the good memories didn’t vanish just because there were bad ones in there, too. All those memories are a part of who I am. The good ones and the bad ones.

So, you know how people say the opposite of love is hate?” “What?” “My mom once said that’s not true. She said the opposite of love is indifference. She said love and hate both require directing energy at someone.

Other people don't have the challenges that we have, Owen. But that doesn't mean they don't have their own.

Suddenly, I wish I had another thirty minutes of running in me. I wish I could keep running forever. Away from here. I can't. And I can't leave my mother. I turn the music down and head for home.

Are you a lost girl?” ‘As soon as she asks the question, I realise I was. I was a lost girl. Lost in everyone’s impressions of me. Lost by letting their impressions replace the ones I have of myself.

When he finally gave up, his dad said something like, ‘A real man would have gotten her number.’ And my dad, ‘A real man has no right to take what’s not offered.

Mom always says we shouldn’t hide from questions. People who ask want to know the answer. It’s different from people who judge without asking.

People love finding the weak link that makes them feel superior.

Just because people treat you like crap doesn’t mean you get to take whatever you want from them.

The best thing about sleep is that I don’t need to think about anything.

He’s never been this close to me before, and he smells like spices and warmth and very dirty thought I’ve ever had.

I guess you can be wrong about people.” “I guess you can.

If there’s something you want, you have to be able to push past whatever is stopping you.

It must be awful, to have no idea what his future holds.

He breathes my name like a promise.

Her sister can pummel me on the field, but Maegan is the one who can pin me down with words. She’s quieter, but that just means she spends more time thinking.