Humiliation, By The Way, Is A Truly

No Matter When You Were Born Or Where, Puberty Is The Same. It's The Same For Your Parents As It Is For You - What's Happening In Your Body Dictates Everything.

Life's One Great Lesson Was: Do Not Care. Not Caring Was A Person's Real Protection.

She Needed To Get Out Of There. Her Brains, Thankfully, Were Still Safely In Her Skull, But Her Emotions Were Splattered On The Pavement.

Since I Was A Small Child, I Was Always Writing Either Poems Or Plays... Plays In Which I Had The Starring Part.

Elizabeth Scowled, Feeling Like A Nobody, A Nothing. She Felt Like Her Entire Self Had Been Made Worthless. She Could Change Her Interests, But She Couldn't Change Her Looks. She'd Never Be Six Feet Tall. She'd Never Look Like A Supermodel.