" There's something about physical pain that almost feels like relief - it's so simple, so clean; you know exactly why you have it and exactly where it came from and exactly what you need to do to make it stop. I'd take it any day over loneliness or fear or heartbreak or that weird lost feeling that had dogged me ever since the day I decided not to be Alexis's friend anymore. "

― Jessie Ann Foley , Neighborhood Girls