“Change wasn't something to fear anymore. And even though my picture was hung on the wall, I didn't care so much about how I'd be remembered. So long as I never forgot.”

“It didn't matter if i was the kind of girl who had sex, or the kind of girl who had her portrait on on a wall in the library, or the kind of girl who who got into the best college, or the kind of girl who didn't tell her parents everything, or the kind of girl who teachers loved. I just needed to be okay with all the kinds of girl I was.”

“Sometimes, when you get something new, you trick yourself into believing it has the power to change absolutely everything about you.”

“It's embarrassing, how much effort it took for me to wear something that looks exactly like a blank piece of paper.”

“Then again, that's how quickly people's perceptions could change. It only took one mistake, one stupid decision.”

“I let myself have feelings for you despite not knowing how this would end.”

“You're the one who made it seem like we were doing something wrong. Maybe you still feel like that, because for whatever reason, you think I'm not good enough for you. But I like you, okay? I've liked you from the very beginning.""It was never going anywhere""Because you wouldn't let it go anywhere.”