“It's so trendy, almost bleeding to death. All the cool girls are doing it.”

“He slowed down a bit more. "Gaia, how do you know these things?" She shrugged. "I'm smart." "And modest, too." "Modesty is a waste of time," she pronounced. "I'll keep that in mind.”

“He saw her right after the seventh-period bell rang. She seemed dressed for the sole purpose of blending in with the lockers, but she stood out, anyway. It didnt matter that her wide blue eyes were...”

“As the crow flies. Thats how she liked to walk. So what if she had nowhere to go? So what if no one on earth knew or probably cared where she was or when shed get home? That wasnt the point. It did...”

“He smiled all the way to physics class. He almost laughed out loud when he passed through the door and saw her shadowy, hunched-over form casting around for a seat in the back.She was in his class;...”

“I am seventeen. The good things about seventeen is that youre not sixteen. Sixteen goes with the word sweet, and I am so far from sweet.”

“Fake love, is just as damaging as open hate.”

“The wound made by hurting with fire will heal but the wound created by harsh words uttered using out tongue leaves an indelible scar.”

“Superficial knowledge is potentially more dangerous than ignorance. It gives a false sense of security encouraging an ignorant man to persevere in his efforts that can result in huge damage.”

“Snowflakes are one of nature's most fragile things, but just look what they can do when they stick together.”

“Glass & peace alike betray proof of fragility under repeated blows.”

“We were as big as the ocean, but as fragile as an ego.”

“Love like rain, can nourish from above, drenching couples with soaking joy. But sometimes, under the angry heat of life, love dries on the surface and must nourish from below, tending to its roots,...”

“The best way to waste your life, is by taking notes. The easiest way to avoid living is to just watch. Look for the details. Report. Don't participate.”

“The difference between school and life? In school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you're given a test that teaches you a lesson.”