Why can't the ex-Chemist have a second chance? I get that we're kids and he's an adult, but you don't learn everything before you grow up. You learn until grass grows on your grave.

Just when you think you're in the cat-bird's seat, the Angel of Death calls "dibs" on shotgun.

Books are love letters (or apologies) passed between us, adding a layer of conversation beyond our spoken words.

Curiosity is the engine of achievement.

Everyone makes mistakes, but only a person with integrity owns up to them.

Now, you listen, Alyssa Victoria Gardner. Normal is subjective. Don't ever let anyone tell you you're not normal. Because you are to me. And my opinion is all that matters. Got it?

It's over, her mind whispered. There's still hope, her heart insisted.

Fight as hard as you can, and then understand there's going to have to be some amount of reasonable compromise.

People become artists out of despair.

It was a pleasure to burn.

I've got to the stage in life where all my friends are rich or dead