Anyone can have a once-upon-a-time or a happily-ever-after, but it's the journey between that makes the story worth telling.

But anyone can write, right?'" Conner asked. "I mean, that's why authors get judged so harshly, isn't it? Because technically everyone could do it if they wanted to."
"Just because anyone can do something doesn't mean everyone should," Mrs. Peters said. "Besides, anyone with an Internet connection feels they have the credentials to critique or belittle anything these days.

Should we call her?Maybe we should give her a RING to see where she is? Get it? Get it?

-Conner Bailey

Don’t listen to what people tell you because they’ll try to bring you down. And don’t listen to yourself, either, because yourself will try to bring you down even more so than anyone else. As long as you just put all your energy into one thing, it can happen.

I don't necessarily consider myself a virgin, probably because I have such a penetrating personality

Certain battles were won by retreating.