Desiree Bates

“Regrets and apologies are all very well, but there's things that happen in a person's life that are so scorched in the memory and burned into the heart that there's no forgetting them. They're like brands.”
― John Boyne, Mutiny on the Bounty

“What's the good of living if you don't try a few things?”
― Charles M. Schulz

“It's funny how two people can grow up in the same town, go to the same school, have the same friends, and end up so totally different. Family, or lack of it, counts for more than you'd think.”
― Sarah Dessen, The Moon and More