Quick answers often lead to quick regrets.
Oh, honey, of course it hurts! Beauty is pain. But you don't want to look like a troll, do you?
Cash or check? he said cheekily. Even the dullest Ohio girls knew that bit of lingo: Kiss now or kiss later? Bank’s closed, pal.
Life don’t come to you, Memphis. You gotta take it. We have to take it. Because ain’t nobody handing it to us.
Spare a copper for our cause? the girl with the coin cup asks, her voice weary. I can spare more than that, I say. I reach into my purse and giver her what real coins I have, and then I press my hand...
I run after her, not really giving chase. I’m running because I can, because I must.Because I want to see how far I can go before I have to stop.
Some mornings, she’d wake and vow, . But by evening, her good intentions would have unraveled. She’d say the wrong thing or talk a little too loudly. She’d take a dare she shouldn’t, just to be notice...
Your mind is not a cage. It's a garden. And it requires cultivating.
Sometimes I just want to burn down all the rules and start over,
It's possible to pretend I'm someone other than who I am, and if I pretend long enough, I can believe it.
You couldn't be perfect enough to keep the world from betraying you.
You want to know what pain is? Try running out of Advil when you've got a Category Five period. I've had cramps that would make grown men beg for a bullet between the eyes.- Jennifer, Beauty Queens
Depression is hard to understand, because it is not a consistent state. Depression is rather like a virus, but like a virus, it has its manageable days and its acute, life-threatening flare-ups. You c...
The mural, there were painted lines for the Underground, like scars stretched across the skin of the infected nation. There were wounds and then there were wounds.
It's over, her mind whispered. There's still hope, her heart insisted.
There are no wrong decisions only different ones.
With no plan of escape in sight, I've been resigned to the life of a cosseted young lady of London society as Grandmama and I pay calls. We drink tea that is too weak and never hot enough for my likin...
People always think they know other people, but they don’t. Not really. I mean, maybe they know things about them, like they won’t eat doughnuts or they like action movies or whatever. But they don’t...
There are times when I wish I could go back and change the course of my life. Make different choices...But the past cannot be changed, and we carry our choices with us, forward, into the unknown. We c...
What happens if your choice is misguided, You must try to correct it But what if it’s too late? What if you can’t? Then you must find a way to live with it.
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