Nina LaCour, Hold Still

"You might be looking for reasons but there are no reasons."

"It isn't the happy ending Ingrid and I had dreamed up, but it's all a part of what I'm working through. The way life changes. The way people and things disappear. Then appear, unexpectedly, and hold you close."

"It was the moment I realized what music can do to people, how it can make you hurt and feel so good all at once."

"There used to be days that I thought I was okay, or at least that I was going to be. We'd be hanging out somewhere and everything would just fit right and I would think 'it will be okay if it can just be like this forever' but of course nothing can ever stay just how it is forever."

"I don't want to hurt you or anybody so please forget about me. Just try. Find yourself a better friend."

"He wipes tears off my face and then snot. He uses his hands. He loves me that much."

"dear today, i spend all of you pretending i'm okay when i'm not, pretending i'm happy when i'm not, pretending about everything to everyone."

"I’ll make a swing so I can reach the places I can’t reach yet."