Quotes from Jennifer Niven

I think about impending, weightless doom. It's a phrase I like and understood. I tuck it away in the corner of my mind to pull out later, maybe for a song.

I run until time stops. Until my mind stops. Until the only thing I feel is the cold metal of the license plate in my hand and the pounding of my blood.

lovely is a lovey word that should be used more often

I like the idea of something that can give you those feelings all the time.

He either doesn't hear me or isn't listening

Wtulam si? w ni?, a ona we mnie, a? tworzymy razem jedn? tul?c? si? osob?

for Christ's sake, stay alive.

It's strange seeing his eyes in someone else's face

Chcia?abym ?y? w ?wiecie zaprojektowanym przez Theodore'a Fincha. - "I przez chwil? ?y?am

He smiles out at the ugly trees and the ugly farmland and the ugly kids as if he can see Oz. As if he can really, truly see the beauty that's there. In that moment I wish I could see it through his eyes. I wish he had glasses to give me.

Jakie to musi by? okropne uczucie kocha? kogoÅ› i nie móc mu pomóc

But he's not going anywhere, and then his hands find mine again. Instead of snatching it back, I make myself stand here too, and actually it's nice. The electric currents are racing. My body is humming. The breeze is blowing, rustling the leaves on the trees. It's almost like music. We stand side by side, looking out and up and around.

Skacz, skacz w górÄ™ i li? niebo! Ja skaczÄ™ z TobÄ… i pÅ'onÄ™ z TobÄ…

It's not moving on, Libbs. It's moving differently. That's all it is. Different life. Different world. Different rules. We don't ever leave that old world behind. We just create a new one.

Today is your day! You're off to Greatest Places! You're off and away! Your mountain is waiting. So... get on your way!

I wish I could promise you perfect days and sunshine, but I'm never going to be Ryan Cross.

It's not your fault. And regrets are a waste of time. You have to live your life as if you will never feel sorry for anything. It's just that it's easier to do things right, so you don't have to apologize later.

Writing was what I did best, better than being a daughter, or girlfriend, or sister. Writing was me. But now writing is one of the things I can't do.

No estás solo. ? Y antes que pueda decirle ‹‹De hecho lo estoy, lo cual no forma parte del problema. Todo estamos solos, atrapados en el interior del cuerpo y de la mente, y sea cual sea la compañía que podamos tener en esta vida, no es más que pasajera y superficial››

All you have to do is today

A girl's life is the worst life in the world. A girl's life is: you are born, you bleed, you burn.

The thing is I don't know what it means to see the world like others do. Maybe I don't recognize myself in a mirror, and maybe I can't exactly tell you what I look like, but I don't think I'd know myself the way I do without prosopagnosia.

As long as you live, there's always something waiting; and even if it's bad, and you know it's bad, what an you do? You can't stop living.

Germ—Ask a Parent, book playlists, monthly soundtracks, lists of places where girls like me can get involved. One of the things I want to create is a Wander section where readers can send in pictures or videos of their favorite grand, small, bizarre, poetic, nothing-ordinary sites.