There are just as many stories to be told in the dark spots as there are in the bright ones.

Until this moment, I had not realized that someone could break your heart twice, along the very same fault lines.

If you have a sister and she dies, do you stop saying you have one? Or are you always a sister, even when the other half of the equation is gone?

Seeing her sitting there unresponsive makes me realize that silence has a sound.

true love is felonious… You take someone’s breath away… You rob them of the ability to utter a single word… You steal a heart.

You don't love someone because they're perfect, you love them in spite of the fact that they're not.

It's about a girl who is on the cusp of becoming someone.. A girl who may not know what she wants right now, and she may not know who she is right now, but who deserves the chance to find out.

I wondered what happened when you offered yourself to someone, and they opened you, only to discover you were not the gift they expected and they had to smile and nod and say thank you all the same.

He smiles at me, and I am suddenly seventeen again - the year I realize that love doesn't follow the rules, the year I understood that nothing is worth having so much as something unattainable

Grief is a curious thing, when it happens unexpectedly. It is a Band-aid being ripped away, taking the top layer off a family. And the underbelly of a household is never pretty, ours no exception.

There are just as many stories to be told in the dark spots s there are in the bright ones.

We live in a moment when the dream of equal opportunity is within reach.

Your demons may have been ejected from the building, but they’re out in the parking lot, doing push-ups.”)

...but the truth is that I don't feel like I can carry anyone but myself right now. The streets are empty. I am empty. Or, no--I am full of pain. It's my life that's empty.

When my legs hurt, I say: “Shut up legs! Do what I tell you to do!

Once you begin being naughty, it is easier to go and on and on, and sooner or later something dreadful happens.

There's no point in being complete on the outside when you're broken in the inside.

Pawns are born free, yet they are everywhere in chains

Arabic is the language of the Qur'an, but Arab culture is not the culture of Islam.

And what are we doing if we are not doing God's Will?