January 2012
12 posts
Created by: Nikki Byers
“I just need to know that someone out there listens and understands and...”
– p.3
“So, this is my life. And I want you to know that I am both happy and sad and...”
– p.3
“Some kids look at me strange in the hallways because I don’t decorate my...”
– p.9
“I look at people holding hands in the hallways, and I try to think about how it...”
– p.24-25
“Do you always think this much, Charlie?”
“Is that bad?” I...”
– p.25
“Charlie, we accept the love we think we deserve.”
– p.25
“When the police came, they found my brother asleep on the roof. Nobody knows how...”
– p.31
“I feel infinite.”
– p.33
“And in that moment, I swear we were infinite.”
– p.39
“I have decided that maybe I want to write when I grow up. I just don’t...”
– p.46
“It’s kind of like when you look at yourself in the mirror and you say your...”
– p. 74
December 2011
27 posts
“But there’s another difference between you and her. You see… Kelly...”
– p.83
“I laid down on his old bed, and I looked through the window at this tree that...”
– p.98
“Despite everything my mom and doctor and dad have said to me about blame, I...”
– p.92
“I even made her a mix tape and left it at the grave. I hope you do not think...”
– p.93
“I don’t know if you’ve ever felt like that. That you wanted to sleep...”
– p.94
“Everyone else is either asleep or having sex. I’ve been watching cable...”
– p.94
“Sometimes, I look outside, and I think that a lot of other people have seen this...”
– p.95
“So, I looked up and we were in this giant dome like a glass snowball, and Mark...”
– p.95
“And all the books you’ve read have been read by other people. And all the songs...”
– p.96
“And my mind played hopscotch.
My brother… football… Brad…...”
– p.98-99
“Everything can’t be low self-esteem, can it?”
– p.130
“It’s too bad you’re not gay.”
That made me stop crying a little...”
– p.136-137
“I walk around the school hallways and look at the people. I look at the teachers...”
– p.142
“I don’t know how much longer I can keep going without a friend. I used to be...”
– p.144
“I just wish that God or my parents or Sam or my sister or someone would just...”
– p.139
“But because things change. And friends leave. And life doesn’t stop for anybody.”
– p.145
“I remember going to sleep last night, and I realized something. Something that I...”
– p.179
“There’s something about that tunnel that leads to downtown. It’s glorious at...”
– 191-192
“And we kept dancing. It was the one time all day that I really wanted the clock...”
– p.193
“I remembered this one time that I never told anyone about. The time we were...”
– p.198
“It’s great that you can listen and be a shoulder to someone, but what...”
– p.200
“And we could all sit around and wonder and feel bad about each other and blame a...”
– p.210
“So I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we’ll never...”
– p.211
“Maybe it’s good to put things in perspective. Sometimes, I think that the...”
– p.212
“Things just keep going. We didn’t talk about anything heavy or light. We...”
– p.212
“And nobody felt sad as long as we could post-pone tomorrow with more nostalgia.”
– p.213
“So, if this does end up being my last letter, please believe that things are...”
– p.213 