“What can I say, I have a thing for guys in period dress, okay? That's just who I am.” — Leila Sales Dress Copy Share Image
“Because before the time when you're heartbroken, you get to be in love, and that's worth it.” — Leila Sales Falling in love Copy Share Image
“People are who they are and, try as you might, you cannot make them be what you want them to be.” — Leila Sales Change Copy Share Image
“You can't tell me my feelings are overwrought or absurd. You don't know. They are my feelings.” — Leila Sales Elise Copy Share Image
“I don't believe that anyone who is a legitimately interesting person can be popular as a teenager.” — Leila Sales Copy Share Image
“What do you do when you say sorry, but that still isn't enough?” — Leila Sales Apology Copy Share Image
“Nobody is so busy that they can't make time for the people they really care about.” — leila sales Copy Share Image
“But power was not friendship. And these people were not my friends.” — Leila Sales Friends Copy Share Image
“Of course, as always, there is an arbitrary, invisible fence in place. You can't see it, but it will always keep you… — Leila Sales Copy Share Image
“I was smiling like a crazy person because I has just made a hundred people dance, I had just made a hundred… — Leila Sales Crazy person Copy Share Image
“When you die, you just die. No ghost, no reincarnation, no heaven. People want to believe that their souls live on or… — Leila Sales Love Copy Share Image
“I am a good person. I like myself the way I am. Many people love and care about me. I have a… — Leila Sales Copy Share Image
“I do want to believe that there's some place in the world that's more mature than high school," Vicky said. "But I… — Leila Sales High school Copy Share Image
“Isn’t that funny, to think that the people who have lived in your daydreams for the past two weeks, the people whom… — Leila Sales Daydreams Copy Share Image
“Which to you have?' Mel asked, blocking the entry with his body. 'Talent or issues?' I paused for a moment, thought about… — Leila Sales Copy Share Image
“I glared at him. “You came all the way to Essex just to spy on us?” “Yeah.” He smirked. “I crossed the… — Leila Sales Comebacks Copy Share Image
“I had this feeling suddenly. I get this feeling a lot, but I don't know if there's one word for it. It's… — Leila Sales Copy Share Image
“True, things don't stay the same forever: couches are replaced, boys leave, you discover a song, your body becomes forever scarred. And… — Leila Sales True self Copy Share Image
“The thing about being an artist," Dad said, folding his newspaper and setting it down on the table, "is that there are… — Leila Sales Art Copy Share Image
“There were people in this world who didn't know how to take care of others. There were people who walked away even… — Leila Sales Care Copy Share Image
“Sometimes people think they know you. They know a few facts about you, and they piece you together in a way that… — Leila Sales Truth Copy Share Image
“ United we stand, divided we fall Just watch us as we beat ya’ll. You say ‘brother against brother’? Well, my brother… — Leila Sales Brother Copy Share Image
“I didn't want to try to kill myself, didn't want the blood and the hysterical parents and the guilt, any of it.… — Leila Sales Death Copy Share Image
“We shouldn't be doing this." Dan broke the silence, his voice low. "We would both get in trouble." He stood up. "Let's… — Leila Sales Copy Share Image
That's the problem with life. You never get enough time to stare at your ceiling and try to figure out what's going… — Leila Sales Copy Share Image
“But imagination is so often no match for the absurdity, the randomness, the tragedy of reality.” — Leila Sales Absurdity Copy Share Image
“Sometimes you get everything you ever wanted, only it doesn't look like what you wanted anymore.” — Leila Sales Happiness Copy Share Image
“A boy once told me that love without heartbreak is just a pretty myth.” — Leila Sales Heartbreak Copy Share Image
“Sometimes you just have those days. When you know, from the moment you wake up, that everything you touch you will break,… — Leila Sales Copy Share Image
“I had never killed myself before, so I had no idea what would I want to listen to when it was too… — Leila Sales Copy Share Image
“Sometimes, when you are worn down, day after day, relentlessly, with no reprieve for years piled on years, sometimes you lose everything… — Leila Sales Cry Copy Share Image
“Don't be special." That's what I would say to my younger self if I could pinpoint the moment when I went astray.… — Leila Sales Copy Share Image
“Those are pretty much the only questions people ask Colonials. If they want you to tell them anything else, just make it… — Leila Sales Humor Copy Share Image
“This should have been a red flag, I realize in retrospect. Working really hard on anything is, by definition, not cool.” — Leila Sales Hard work Copy Share Image
“This wasn’t how I imagined things going. But imagination is so often no match for the absurdity, the randomness, the tragedy of… — Leila Sales Absurdity Copy Share Image
“Well, you can't have heartbreak without love," Dan pointed out. "If your heart was really broken, then at least you know you… — Leila Sales Heartbreak Copy Share Image
“What do you think, Elizabeth?" Dad turned to me. "Um, my name's still Chelsea. Remember, you named me that yourself? When I… — Leila Sales Copy Share Image
“It was a ridiculous question. Did I _love_ Char? Did I feel about Char the same way I feel about the Beatles,… — Leila Sales Copy Share Image
“But I also felt like an eggshell that had gotten a tiny crack. You can’t repair something like that. All you can… — Leila Sales Copy Share Image
“I had once thought that I wanted to get revenge by dying. But getting revenge by living, and living well, was much,… — Leila Sales Death Copy Share Image
