“The language of love letters is the same as suicide notes.”

“I dont need any plastic in my body to validate me as a woman.”

“I want every girl in the world to pick up a guitar and start screaming.”

“Time flies when you're falling down"...(not from a book, it's a lyric)”

“I am not here to make you feel better, I am just here to make you feel worse”

“I used to do drugs, but don't tell anyone because it'll ruin my image.”

“We tilt our heads back and open wide. The snow drifts into our zombie mouths crawling with grease and curses and tobacco flakes and cavities and boyfriend/girlfriend juice, the stain of lies. For o...”

“The teachers complain that the students today are all lazy, ignorant, and stupid. But the truth is that you're smarter than they are. You're not even old enough to drive and you already know that n...”

“I told her about school and how I sat on a wall there and felt stories and words move through me ...”

“She has her own brand of strength,brought to the surface by the dim glow of the streetlight and the whisper of night air on her skin.”

“The toddler must say no in order to find out who she is. The adolescent says no to assert who she is not.”

“You label somebody 'New Age,' and that's automatic mockery: 'She cannot possibly be a serious thinker.'”