“ Summer crushes happen all the time, right? Because you feel far away from the real world, everything seems more...possible. Every person seems more vital. Emery Lord
“ It's been the longest timeSince I've been in this place,Where I spend my whole dayHoping I'll see your face.Then I script things to say,And maybe what you'd say back.You don't know it yet,But, girl, i… Emery Lord
“ In books, sometimes the foreshadowing is so obvious that you know what’s going to happen. But knowing what happens isn’t the same as knowing how it happens. Getting there is the best part. Emery Lord
“ Laughter feels like our flotation device -- it won't pull us out of the storm, but it might carry us through, if we can just hang on. Emery Lord
“ In friendship, we are all debtors. We all owe each other for a thousand small kindnesses, for little moments of grace in the chaos. Emery Lord
“ I don't appreciated how often people hide their scars and doubts. Really, it's not fair to people who are struggling, to go on believing that everyone else just has it totally together and never has o… Emery Lord
“ I think it's the bravest thing in the world - to run straight at love, even knowing how badly you could get hurt. Emery Lord
“ I want to reach back into my history with a grade-school pink eraser, scrubbing away my decisions like mistakes on a math test. Too bad I drew my mistakes in ink. Emery Lord
“ I want to reach back into my history with a grade-school pink eraser, scrubbing away my decisions like mistakes on a math test. To bad I drew my mistakes in ink. Emery Lord
“ I see it all through the lens of my camera—the flurry of movement, the venue staff in black T-shirts, giving orders into their headsets. As I take it all in, my mind weighs the texture, the compositio… Emery Lord
“ I know this feeling of being a ghost in your own life - no one sees you, no one feels you, so you stay still as if you could actually disappear at any moment. Emery Lord
“ To the deepest, most cellular level of my being, I resent people who believe that depression is the same as weakness, that "sad" people must be coddled like helpless toddlers. Emery Lord
“ Darkness might keep flooding in, but I finally had just enough light to find the way back to myself. Emery Lord
“ After all, once there was a girl named Lucy who loved her family, old and new.It's not the type of love that ends. Emery Lord
“ Well, you change as you get older, especially at this time in your life. You become more yourself, hopefully. And sometimes that changes the dynamic, even with people you love. So it's not that you we… Emery Lord
“ I'm looking for some kind of permanence, so my mark will linger on the world once I'm gone, in the places where I found joy.. Emery Lord
“ You can ache for where you come from, and it's homesickness. A relationship, and it's heartbreak. But is there a word for missing your friends like that? Emery Lord
