“There are moments in a girl’s life when the walls around her feel too tight, no matter how much space there actually is—when she has outgrown the people, the job, or the place without meaning to. It’s not about height or weight or how she looks in the mirror. It’s the quiet awareness that she no longer fits the mold that once held her, and staying would mean shrinking herself down to size. That’s the thing nobody warns you about—you can be perfectly fine on paper, yet still feel like your soul is pressing against the edges, restless, impatient, ready to break out.”—Emily Pratt Slatin