Esperanza

“Oh spare me, being stuck in your bedroom is not like prison. You don't have to worry about being gang-raped in your bedroom.”
― Justin Halpern, Sh*t My Dad Says

“When he smiles at me, I feel like I'm sitting under a heat lamp. I live for the times when his fingers brush my leg at lunch, or when we pass in the hallways and he raises his eyebrows at me, like we have a secret. I should feel bad--and I do, most of the time--but how can I stop thinking about him when seeing his face makes me feel so alive?”
― Melissa C. Walker, Unbreak My Heart

“Maybe the truth is I really want to like you instead.”
― Chuck Palahniuk, Choke

“And I don’t even like you, but the pain of life without you is biting.”
― Jamie Weise