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party I didn’t even want to go to. To a man I don’t know. In a house I don’t know. Where my friends left me.
After all, every choice you make is what makes you who you are as a person. And it’s not just the decisions you’re making that shape you, but the consequences that come with them.
If there’s one thing I’ve learned in life, it’s that patience gets you a lot farther than impatience does.
Who the hell did she hook up with at the party that makes her look so…empty?
When you spend a long time wondering where you fit in, you hold on a little tighter to the people who make you feel like the perfect sized puzzle piece in their jigsaw puzzle.
“You guys wanted to know what the most embarrassing thing I’ve ever done was. Well, now you know your answer. I lost my virginity to some random guy at my first college party, and I can’t even remember it.”
I’ve already been claimed, even if the person who has me doesn’t know it yet.
“For the record—” My voice is huskier than I intend. “—I wish it would have been me too. I would have made it so fucking good for you, there would’ve been no way you’d forget.”
Because real friends don’t need to try so hard to gain acceptance. It isn’t about impressing them. It’s about letting them see who you are to begin with.
“Words can hurt too. Sometimes more than physical blows.”
“The more we try helping people, understanding them, the more we lose ourselves along the way. You don’t always have to be nice to everybody, Sky. Being nice usually only gets you used.”
friendship is about the people who walk into your life when everybody else walks out.
And I’m choosing to let you in. I’m choosing not to let the past choices I made drown me. I want to move on. With my life. With you. I want this to work, Danny.”
“I’m begging you. I beg you to trust me. I beg you to believe that I would never lie to you. I wouldn’t hurt you. I’ll do anything to prove it. Fucking anything.”
“People like to pretend others are the bad people in life, so they don’t feel guilty about the things they’ve done to them.
