“We cling to the most painful reminders of our youth, our memories or our injuries, perhaps so we can look back to our former selves, console them, and say: Keep going. I know how the story ends.”

“Maybe that's just what nostalgia is: a willingness to embrace the pain of the past.”

“No one can ever know you like those with whom you've shared the pangs of your youth.”

“We cling to the most painful reminders of our youth, our memories or our injuries, perhaps so we can look back to our former selves, console them, and say: Keep going. I know how the story ends.”