The Clearing

Time is one thing you should pay attention to. One day, you'll find there's never enough of it.

No boy ever makes you special. You just are. Understand?

I needed to be somewhere different. Maybe I needed to be someone different, too.

Loving someone isn't dumb," Henry said. "I mean, I don't know a whole lot about love, but I don't think it's dumb if it's real.

Go on to your sunny, bright future," Henry said in a quiet voice. "I won't be there.