I guess what I'm saying is that this all feels very familiar. But it's not mine to be familiar about. I just know that another kid has felt this. And all the books you've read have been read by other people. And all the songs you've loved have been heard by other people. And that girl that's pretty to you is pretty to other people. And you know that if you looked at these facts when you were happy, you would feel great because you are describing "unity." It's like when you are excited about a girl and you see a couple holding hands, and you feel so happy for them. And other times you see the same couple, and they make you so mad. And all you want is to always feel happy for them because you know that if you do, then it means you’re happy, too.

It's nice talking to you. It's nice spilling my heart out, when all of my life I've hidden from the world. It's really nice talking to you because the truth is that I've started to hide from myself lately. It's nice talking to you even if
you're not really listening.

I might not be making much sense right now, but that's the way I see it. I find myself in you. I know that's some totally cliche line, but it's really the only thing I can think of right now to explain this. Out there in the world, I'm lost. But with you, everything is clearer.

You're like a monkey bar and I held on. It was fun at first just hanging there, feet far off the ground, but then I started to get blisters, and my hands they started to sweat, and I started to slip, but I continued to hold on, adjusting my hands to make them stay, but eventually I figured out that it really was time to let go.

He's right. I'm afraid. There's a part of me that wants to let him in. But then I feel myself pull up this wall. And I don't understand why. Maybe that's what strikes me most about him. That despite everything he's suffered. He can still look at life in the most uncomplicated way. I've never known that kind of faith. It makes me so sad that people who have lost everything. Can still be open to love. While I, who has lost nothing, can not.
-Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

You're screaming at the air,
"I DON'T EVEN CARE,"
and all the air is whispering,
"Who do you think you're fooling?"

A laundry list of problems doesn't make you interesting. And never getting help doesn't make you brave.

"Have you ever
had so much to say
that your mouth closed up tight
struggling to harness
the nuclear force
coalescing within your words?
Have you ever
had so many thoughts
churning inside you that you didn’t
dare let them escape
in case they blew you wide open?
Have you ever
been so angry that you
couldn’t look in the mirror
for fear of finding the face of evil
glaring back at you?"
-Crank; Ellen Hopkins
^ best author EVER.

"When you love someone, you don't want to hurt them, even if they deserve to be hurt. When you love someone, you want to hurt them, even when they don't deserve to be hurt."
-Glass; Ellen Hopkins

"Love means holding on to someone just as hard as you can because if you don't, one blink and they might disappear...forever."
-Impulse; Ellen Hopkins

"Taking no chances means wasting your dreams"
-Crank; Ellen Hopkins
 
"Grandma once told me it's easy to overthink love, to dissect it and question it until it is no more."
-Impulse; Ellen Hopkins

"Texting is not flirting, if you don't care about me enough to say the words than that's not love."
-Lauren Graham

You're not the only reason why I smile, but you're definitely my favorite.

Everyday, I wonder why he saw me when a thousand other girls saw him.

I’ve spent my whole life compromising and being a good little girl and not doing what I want, or doing what I want and hiding it and feeling guilty for doing it, and I’m sick of it.
-Gilmore Girls

Because he has been a major part of your life, of course you'll miss him; it's perfectly normal. It's like getting a tooth pulled out; after the dentist pulls it out you're relieved. But how many times does your tongue run itself over the spot where the tooth once was? Probably a hundred times a day. Just because it was hurting you does not mean you don't notice it. It leaves a gap, & sometimes you see yourself missing it terribly. It's going to take awhile, but it takes time. Should you have kept the tooth? No, because it was causing you pain. Pulling the tooth was the right decision, but it's going to hurt.

"If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door."
-Milton Berle

I think your purpose is to find someone
that makes you feel as if you have the
biggest purpose ever.
-PostSecret Community

"It's an interesting time in your life because you're trying to act older and mature, but you really have no idea what you're doing. You're scared, and it's okay to be scared. It's okay to not know completely what you want or what you should be doing and to stumble a little bit."
-Milo Ventimiglia

"I used to bend over backward trying to be nice to everybody. When you're constantly trying to please everyone, it appears fake, even if it's genuine. Don't act any way but how you're feeling. You can't appeal to everyone. Have confidence in who you are."
-Milo Ventimiglia

I'm terrified of winding up alone forever.
but i'm more terrified of being with the wrong person,
when the right one shows up.

Listen, sweetie, you never had that effect on me. My knees didn't quiver when you walked by, butterflies never flew in my stomach & my eyes never searched for yours in a crowded room.

I like it when my fingers are entangled in yours, & my head is on your chest, listening to your heartbeat. It makes me feel safe, like at the moment, nothing bad could touch me.

I love what you are, and what you do and how you try.
I've seen your kindness and your strength that carries you through.
I've seen the best of you. I've seen the worst of you. And I understand with perfect clarity exactly what you are. And I love you.

I heard your voice tonight for the first time in ages, and that familiar tone made me realize how much I miss you, but also how well I'm coping without you.

just because you were happy with him,
doesn’t mean you can’t be happy without him

I quit. I’m over you. I fell so hard.
I was always there when you needed to talk to someone.
So basically, I’m tired of being just a friend or chasing you.
So if you want me, I’m here. But I’m done wasting all my
time on someone who doesn’t care.

maybe we’re moving too fast, I don’t know.
But for the first time, I don’t really care

i like dreaming a lot. i mean, not like every one else doesn't.
but it's just something i like looking forward to. i don't always remember all of them. and usually, they're all pretty damn weird. but it's the fact that i'm in a world that isn't real. it's just a nice place where i probably can't get hurt. and it's nice. it's nice because when i'm dreaming, i have no worries. i don't think. and i've never felt better.

and she really doesn't believe in destiny anymore
she says it's just a lame excuse for letting things happen
instead of making them happen
but really, she just doesn't want to believe that this how it's meant to be

dear friend,
i love twinkies,
and the reason i am saying that is because
we are all supposed to think of reasons to live.
--the perks of being a wallflower

i'm just a bad actor stuck with a shitty script.
all of my lines are cheap and the cast is weak.
there was no music for the first time i got kissed;
there was no femme fatale, my mistress wasn't rich.
so i've been formatted to fit your tv screen;
the film went straight to tape, i'll bow out quietly.