He knew he was sounding a little Holden Caulfield-esque calling everyone a phony, but he really did think everyone was a phony.
Normal is boring. Who wants that?
I like to be in charge of my destiny.
How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck chlamydia?
A friendship can't survive on childhood memories alone. We have to create new experiences, or the friendship will shrivel up.
Liking someone doesn't make you weak.
I started a MySpace teen lit discussion group and invited people to join.
I watch a lot of teen TV and read a lot of YA novels. I also talk to teens whenever I can. There are cultural differences between when I was a teen and now, but emotions - anger, angst, love - are the...
Yup, believe it: I was born on March 28, yet my name is April.
I hesitate. I feel like we forgot something. But what?
Dad? Um, listen. I have kind of a crazy story for you....
Cough, cough, cough!
Comes up from the basement. He has a folder in his hands. I can barely hear myself think. He looks over at the broken lamp. Then at me. Then at Jonah, standing with his arms
Whaddaya know? I didn’t even win the read-a-thon and the two books I want most will still be ordered. And maybe, just maybe, I can find a way to uncurse Maryrose.
We
Funny how life messed with you.
Something. Pi
You don't really have to fallin love with him, but he's not a terrible option for a fling. As long as you use a condom. Two condoms, even.
Part of me could do it. Run off and get married. But another part... Another part of me wondered if I could really trust anyone. If all relationships were all doomed.
You had to forgive when you could, move on when you couldn’t, and love your family and friends for who they were instead of punishing them for who they weren’t.