It doesn't matter if it's the real world or fictional," I insisted. "Crushes are the best part of liking someone, and they are completely safe. You get all the benefits of fantasising about someone, but none of the he-loves-me-he-loves-me-not drama. ...
It's just...how do I put this? Maybe it's just hard for me to imagine turning down something that's so much harder for someone like me to find.
The number of family secrets is just staggering.
It was weird the way you could be friends with someone but not really know the ugly parts of their lives. We all had our secrets, I supposed.
This secret-keeping business was not for me.
I keep hearing that being a geek is cool now, but I'm not sure the rest of the world has gotten the memo
