Nilesh Kokare

“I learned that there is good in this world, if you look hard enough for it. I learned that not everyone is disappointing, including me, and that a 1,257-foot bump in the ground can feel higher than a bell tower if you’re standing next to the right person.”
― Jennifer Niven, All the Bright Places

“I didn’t have any friends. I didn’t know any kids besides my cousins. I wasn’t a lonely kid—I was good at being alone. I’d read books, play with the toy that I had, make up imaginary worlds. I lived inside my head. I still live inside my head. To this day you can leave me alone for hours and I’m perfectly happy entertaining myself. I have to remember to be with people.”
― Trevor Noah, Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood

“She's my best friend—she's everything to me. It's always just been me and her against the world.”
― Jacquelyn Middleton, Until the Last Star Fades

“I wonder about choices. How we resent them, and how we regret them—even as we watch them grow.”
― Danya Kukafka, Notes on an Execution