If the reader doesn't care or relate to the characters, all that visual spectacle is pretty but feels empty.

Everybody has said or done the wrong thing and regretted it later, but at the time, you really couldn't help it! As you get older, you're more guarded, but that's a really tough process of learning, to be brutally honest, about some things and keeping your mouth shut about others.

I feel like we're always learning about ourselves, but at twelve, you're learning big things that shape your identity.

Cliff Chiang Quotes