Happiness isn’t always easy,” he’d said. “But it’s a priority.

They just want to be part of the moment. A moment that’s much larger than them, and even larger than us.

It’s alright, we just need to change the conversation, give the fans something new to talk about,” said Rupert X. “We’ll get new haircuts.

Because the truth is, it isn’t worth loving something if you aren’t going to love it all the way.

The joy you find as a teen, however frivolous and dumb, is pure, and meaningful. It doesn’t matter that it might ferment and taste different when you’re older.

The Ruperts made me happy. The simplest thing to be in the world. And the hardest.

I was holding someone captive and all that was going through my mind was a Billboard Top 40 love song. I was going to hell.

They didn’t get the friendships that formed, the community of people who shared in your same joy.

The thing about me-the reason Erin can shoot me the wink-and-double-thumbs-up combo-is that I’m your typical good girl. I dress nicely, but I wouldn’t say I’m at the bleeding edge of fashion. I always have my homework done on time. I say please and thank you and adults like me. Because of all these things, everyone always assumes that I’ll do the right thing. No one ever thinks I would lie. But I do...

The joy you find as a teen, however frivolous and dumb, is pure, and meaningful. It doesn’t matter that it might ferment and taste different when you’re older. That’s the whole point of being a teenager – not worrying about the future.