But there was something in his eyes at times that I would almost swear said something more. Some deeper sort of regard.

The thing about fic is that is comes from love. Characters you love so much, that you feel so deeply for, you'll watch them fall in love a thousand different ways, over and over.

A distraction isn't necessarily bad, it just means what you're doing is less interesting

People only rooted for the underdog in movies, not in middle school.

Tragic deaths aren't avoidable. That's what Ezra said outside Sam's wake, and even though--to use Foster's phrasing--I didn't know anything about anything, I felt in this moment that Ezra was wrong. What often makes something tragic is that it can be avoided.

[Mills hired him because of the actor's willingness to be vulnerable, and for Pucci's apparent good looks.] Lou has a fragile, effeminate face. But he's totally straight, ... And Justin isn't gay, but he's not macho, either. He's in that weird land in between.