You have to know what you stand for, not just what you stand against.

You’re not dead, but you’re not alive, either. You’re a wintergirl.

I want to go to sleep and not wake up, but I don’t want to die.

Cutting pain was a different flavor of hurt. It made it easier not to think about having my body and my family and my life stolen, made it easier not to care... -Wintergirls

We turned us into wintergirls, and when she tried to leave, I pulled her back into the snow because I was afraid to be alone.

There is no magic cure, no making it all go away forever. There are only small steps upward; an easier day, an unexpected laugh, a mirror that doesn't matter anymore.

I am beginning to measure myself in strength, not pounds. Sometimes in smiles.

So, she tells me, the words dribbling out with the cranberry muffin crumbs, commas dunked in her coffee.

They yell at me because I can't see what they see. Nobody can explain to me why my eyes work different than theirs.

In one aspect, yes, I believe in ghosts, but we create them. We haunt ourselves.

Write about the emotions you fear the most.

When are you going to marry her? “As soon as I can find a preacher willing to perform a ceremony with a handcuffed and gagged bride, ” Zach replied grimly.

By swap news do you mean drink?" "I do, and that excessively.

If you're picking your best friend based on what kind of clothes she wears or how popular she is, chances are you aren't going to stay in touch after graduation.

A cat is never a presentation, but an innocent happening.

We need better police training.

Bush is an idiot and he's President, so anything's possible

People don't know how chickens can turn on you, but they can -- just like mad dogs.

I have a severe Google Reader habit. I think people will use blog forms and twitter to contrive fiction.

Dr. Warthrop chopped off my finger with a butcher knife.

I'm a well rounded artist and I love to make music and create and be different. Hopefully I get the opportunity to show the world that.