Fortifications.
You been too strong, she said firmly. I know about that. Strong starts out being the right thing. Your hands grow strong enough for your work. Your back strengthens under your burdens. Soon your mind...
We swore sacred oaths to be strong and to save the planet and to be friends forever.
There's no point in asking why, even though everybody will. I know why. The harder question is why not? I can't believe she ran out of answers before I did.
There is something about Christmas that requires a rug rat. Little kids make Christmas fun. I wonder if we could rent one for the holidays.
There is no magic cure, no making it all go away forever. There are only small steps upward; an easier day, an unexpected laugh, a mirror that doesn't matter anymore.
The stars whirled above us and the firecrackers blazed. The moon stood watch as drops of blood fell, careless seeds that sizzled in the snow.
The bruises are vivid, but they will fade.
The books I'd checked out of the library earlier in the week were still stacked on my bureau, whispering my name and begging to be read.
Thanksgiving was in trouble. It needed…A SUPERHERO!No, not that kind.Thanksgiving needed a superhero, someone bold and brave and stubborn and smart.Thanksgiving needed Sarah Hale.Now, I know what you...
THE FIRST TEN LIES THEY TELL YOU IN HIGH SCHOOL 1. We are here to help you. 2. You will have time to get to your class before the bell rings. 3. The dress code will be enforced. 4. No smoking is allow...
Precalculus was taught in dog whistle, a pitch too high to hear.
My earbuds were in, but I wasn't playing music. I needed to hear the world but didn't want the world to know I was listening.
Mandatory community service seemed like hypocrisy,
Look in a mirror and find a ghost. Hear every heartbeat scream that everysinglething is wrong with you.Why? is the wrong question.Ask Why not?
Listen to the whispers that curl into your head at night, calling you ugly and fat and stupid and bitch and whore and worst of all a disappointment. Puke and starve and cut and drink because you don't...
I’m an idiot.
It was like looking at a knot, knowing it was a knot, but not knowing how to untie it. I had no map for this life.
It was a prom dress.It was pink.It was originally seventy percent off,but Ma got it down to eighty-five percent off by screaming My water broke! while we were checking out
I'm feeling pretty damn good for a change.