Tina Belcher

"I'm not crying, I'm just leaking."

"Everyone's got a darkness inside them, and I'm just trying to explore mine through fiction."

"If I don't respond, I'm probably dead."

"I'm the opposite of a hero - I'm very relatable."

"Life is like a badly written teen romance novel - confusing and slightly embarrassing."

"My grades are slipping because I'm too busy being emotional."

"I believe in signs from the universe, and right now it's telling me to nap."

"Friendship is beautiful until someone betrays you, then you write about them."

"I'm not awkward, I'm just comfortable being uncomfortable."

"The real treasure is the friends we make along the way, and also actual treasure."

"I'm trying to be a better person, but it's so hard when everyone else sucks."

"My imagination is the only place I'm actually cool."

"I don't do well with change, I do well with complaining about change."

"If I were a superhero, my power would be making everyone uncomfortable."

"I'm not antisocial, I'm selectively social."

"The worst part about being a teenager is that everything feels like the end of the world."

"I'm going to marry my passion, not another person."

"Ew, gross, love is so gross."

"I don't have time for regular crushes. Mine are always complicated."

"People are like restaurants - some are worth the wait, others give you food poisoning."

"I'm not being dramatic, you're being dramatic."

"The key to happiness is low expectations and good fiction."

"I believe I'm going to be an amazing writer someday, or at least a memorable person."

"Sometimes you have to do things that scare you to become who you're meant to be."

"If someone doesn't get my references, they're not worth knowing."

"I'm only awkward when people are around."

"Music is the only language that makes sense to my broken heart."

"I don't need therapy, I need my friends to stop being terrible."

"The greatest love story ever told is the one between me and my fantasies."

"School dances are just organized suffering."