People who like surprises want you to like surprises, too.
Of course she knows that I will not join her. I have never danced on a bar. I wouldn't know what to do up there besides fall.
Nothing is ever perfect. It is what you make of it.
Nothing is ever perfect, my mom says. It is what you make of it.
My wants are simple: a job that I like and a guy whom I love.
Minigolf, she said with stone seriousness, is a metaphor for life.I smiled and said, Oh, really?Yes. I mean, think about it….Do you take it seriously? Too seriously? Do you enjoy it? Do you keep caref...
Maybe the thing to do after you roll the dice-and lose-is simply pick them up and roll them again.
Justice isn’t only about what a person deserves, but also about what a person needs.
It's like when someone dies, the initial stages of grief seem to be the worst. But in some ways, it's sadder as time goes by and you consider how much they've missed in your life. In the world.
It's heartbreaking when you love a book that fails. And it alwaysseems to happen to the nicest authors.
It was a mistake. You didn't try to hurt anyone.
In some ways, though she had very high moral standards, she was actually the least judgmental person I knew. But ever since the seventh grade, she’d always given it to me straight. It had caused a few...
I'm going to keep seeing him as much as I can. We'll see what happens, I say, realizing that just seeing what happens is my version of going for it.
I will find the good in this loss. I will make somethinghappen that wouldn't have happened otherwise.
I feel as if they are putting on a show... It is always that way when you are in a group and someone decides to go for a swim or walk to the water. The ocean is like a giant stage. It is natural that...
I feel a sudden wave of homesickness, but not the kind that makes you sad. The kind that reminds you of who you are and where you come from.
He who fails to plan, plans to fail.
He was uncomplicated and upbeat and easy. At one point, I might have thought these traits made him a simpleton, but now I think they just translate to happiness.
He was just the wrong guy for me at the time. Nothing more, nothing less.
Happiness is the best revenge, you know? Just be happy. It's a choice.