After the song finished, I said something. "I feel infinite". And Sam and Patrick looked at me like I said the greatest thing they ever heard. Because the song was that great and because we all really paid attention to it. Five minutes of a lifetime were truly spent, and we felt young in a good way. I have since bought the record, and I would tell you what it was, but truthfully, it's not the same unless you're driving to your first real party, and you're sitting in the middle seat of a pickup with two nice people when it starts to rain.
"The perks of being a wallflower" Stephen Chbosky
All those people who are chained here thinking that their reputations matter and this little shit matters are so freaking shortsighted. Dude, what matters is that you're happy. What matters is your future. What matters is that we get out of here in one piece. What matters is finding the truth of our own lives, not caring about what other people think is the truth of us.
'Ask The Passengers' by A.S. King
“Because without our language, we have lost ourselves. Who are we without our words?”
'Finnikin of the Rock' Lumatere Chronicles #1 by Melina Marchetta
First pages back for the forthcoming YA novel ...
It began with a kiss. It almost always begins with a kiss.
'Unzipping', in 'Suddenly, A Knock at the Door' by Etgar Keret
While our bodies move ever forward on the time-line, our minds continuously trace backward, seeking shape and meaning as deftly as an arrow seeking its mark.
'Autobiography of a Face' Lucy Grealy
"Words offer the means to meaning, and for those who will listen, the enunciation of truth."
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