teen

You know you've got problems when your head is hanging over the toilet, puking up your dinner, and what you're thinking of is your dad. And how he thinks you're not pretty.

Everybody should have a librarian.

It's entirely possible to get to know someone without actually seeing them in person. In fact, it's better like that because none of the superficial stuff gets in the way. You really get to know a person. And it's easier to express yourself when you're writing things down. At least it is for me. I like to order my thoughts, and delete them if they don't make any sense. You can't do that in real life.

Azarath, Metrion, Zinthos!

I was eleven, then I was sixteen. Though no honors came my way, those were the lovely years.

There is nothing harder than telling your own mother youâ__re everything she hoped you were not.

It__ not an ordinary cash wash, Jake,_ Jean smiled. ____st très spécial... et il a un secret!___ understood special and secret,_ Jake said. __hat__ about it.

Do either of you even play baseball?

You are a blue rose, Letti. Itâ__s almost impossible that you exist amongst the other roses but you do. You bring wonder to those who are lucky enough to find you. The blue rose is lonely, lost and awaits someone special to believe in them; the same feeling I got from you the day we met. Blue roses are incomprehensible and mysterious. And so are you.

I'm really too young to go out into the world alone," he thought as he lay down.

It__ normal to like guys who seem to like you; it__ normal to want to be loved.__ami raised her eyebrows. ____ sixteen,_ she said. ____ not looking for love.___h,_ said Liz. __h, what are you looking for?___heap thrills, mostly,_ said Kami.

There's maybe nothing nicer than somebody just coming straight out and showing you they like you.

Once you love something, you always love it in someway. You have to. it's like, part of you for good.

Why did it have to be such a shameful secret? Hadnâ__t I been potty-trained and taught to chew with my mouth closed? So what was the freaking big deal about having sex? Wasnâ__t it essential to the survival of our darn, hypocritical species?

I just wanted one more day." More tears welled up in her eyes. "But it would never be enough. I could keep asking for one more day for the rest of my life.

She, of all people, knew the sacred trust that word -- "librarian" -- implied. Because a librarian was supposed to to be a spiritual, intellectual mentor who kept your secrets and didn't give you a funny look when you checked out a book on the care and feeding of pythons...A librarian opened up new doors for you, intellectually, too, without shoving you through them.A librarian was important.

In 1938, Louise Rosenblatt introduced reader response theory or the transactional view of reading. She asserted that what the reader brings to the reading act - his or her world of experiences, personality, and current frame of mind - is just as important in interpreting the text as what the author writes. According to this view, reading is a fusion of text and reader.

Why am I doing this? Because it feels so good to talk like we used to, even though I know this is just a shadow of what we had. But I chase it anyway.