I felt tears prick my eyes as I looked down at the model again, looking at that girl and boy on the curb. Forever in that place, together. - Sarah Dessen

Music is a total constant. That's why we have such a strong visceral connection to it, you know? Because a song can take you back instantly to a moment, or a place, or even a person. No matter what else has changed in your or the world, that one song says the same, just like that moment.

If you're not getting hurt, you're not riding hard enough.

She can be anything, Boo told me, and this is what I remember most, her freckled face so solemn, as if she knew she was the first to tell me. And so can you.