Nature Compensates For Its Mistakes.

As Pathetic As It Was, She'd Rather Hold On To The Possibility Of Something Perfect Than Be Hit With The Reality Of Nothing Much.

When I First Thought Of The Idea For 'sweet Valley High,' I Loved The Idea Of High School As Microcosm Of The Real World. And What I Really Liked Was How It Moved Things On From 'sleeping Beauty'-esque Romance Novels Where The Girl Had To Wait For The Hero. This Would Be Girl-driven, Very Different, I Decided - And Indeed It Is.

Love Was More Than Blind. It Was Deaf And Dumb, Too. It Was Catatonic. It Was Vegetative.

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.

Luck Doesn't Shine Her Light On Each Of Us Equally. She Is Arbitrary, Irrational, Unfair And Sometimes Downright Cruel.