Fifteen

“I think I fell in love with her, a little bit. Isn’t that dumb? But it was like I knew her. Like she was my oldest, dearest friend. The kind of person you can tell anything to, no matter how bad, and they’ll still love you, because they know you. I wanted to go with her. I wanted her to notice me. And then she stopped walking. Under the moon, she stopped. And looked at us. She looked at me. Maybe she was trying to tell me something; I don’t know. She probably didn’t even know I was there. But I’ll always love her. All my life.”

“The most important thing is to enjoy your life - to be happy - it’s all that matters.”

“October is about trees revealing colors they’ve hidden all year. People have an October as well.”

“Be careful who you make memories with. Those things can last a lifetime.”

“The most destructive thing I’ve ever done was believe someone else’s opinion of me.”

“Sometimes there is no next time, no timeouts, and no second chance. Sometimes it’s now or never.”

“At fifteen you had the radiance of early morning, at twenty you will begin to have the melancholy brilliance of the moon.”

“It takes grace to remain kind in cruel situations.”