“I want another person to notice me, to say that I matter, to say that they care about me.”

“If mom says women are not property, how come I want to belong to someone else?”

“If my mom says women are not property how come I want to belong to someone?”

“Katie says, "You can't choose the time and place the when and where with whom you fall in love."She says, "It just happens like that weird feeling you get right before you fall asleep when you gasp in surprise because your muscles just relaxed and you feel like you are falling."She says, "Marcie, you shouldn't worry about it -- give it time to actually happen."I guess --I worry that I won't do it right.That it'll be the wrong time, the wrong place, the wrong person.”

“But no matter how hard I try, I still yearn forhugs/kisses/smiles/a hand to hold.”

“I guess I was used to keeping my secrets to myself.”

“And I don't know if you understand, but that makes for a lonely existence.”