48 quotes found
“Kept dreaming of this spot she had on her neck, this tiny country. I wanted to visit, to paint a picture of what I found there, a wall with a road map of her skin.”
“Youre not like other girls, you know that, right? Ed asks.Ive been aware of the problem, I tell him.”
“Its when Im around some people that my entire vocabulary goes on vacation. Like now”
“Why do want to find him so bad? I ask after a while, but shes not listening. I watch her a bitlonger. Why do you want to find him so bad? I ask again.She blinks and comes out of her dream. She flic...”
“I took the money and passed the box across the counter and said politely, Your choice of colourreally lacks style. I smiled and Beth laughed and the guy asked to see my manager.I got Bert and he le...”
“ALYCE: 'Gracie's got brown hair, like me. She's about the same height, too. People notice her. I think it's her voice. It's always louder than you expect and covered with laughter.I was surprised w...”
“Don't go confusing stupidity with guts.”
“Do many guys ask you out twice?""Only the ones with balls.”
“I spent the weekend after our date wishing I could stab him with my fluffy-duck pen and staring at the phone hoping he'd call. Dating is a very tricky business.”
“Tonights going to be one of those things that seem to last forever.”
“You can't drive them around in the getaway van.' 'How about we don't call it the getaway van? People might get suspicious.' 'So what should we call it?' 'How about the van?' 'It doesn't change what...”
“Have you ever done something that you were really ashamed of? I mean somehing so bad you felt sick just thinking about it?''Everyone has. Why, what'd you do?''I didn't say goodbye to Mum.''That's n...”
“Dad and I leave town in the early dark. It's the second Sunday of the holidays, and we pack up the old blue car with enough clothes for summer and hit the road. It's so early he's wiping hills of s...”
“I didnt say you werent smart. I said you were stupid.I guess Im too dumb to see the difference.”
“That's what we think because we can't imagine what it's like to not exist.”
“Were you in love with Emma?" I ask."I was hard-core obsessed," he says without thinking about it. "Not in love." "What's the difference?"He's about to throw a stone at ta yard light but stops. "Pri...”
“Love and romance are things worth waiting for.”
“Sometimes I wish I was a guy. Lifes so much easier for them.”
“If my like for you was a football crowd, you’d be deaf ’cause of the roar. And if my like for you was a boxer, there’d be a dead guy lying on the floor. And if my like for you was sugar, you’d lose...”
“We watch her walk into the spotlight she’s been been hiding from most of her life. Sure, friendship is all about believing in someone so hard they believe it, too. Sure, it’s about trust. But if an...”
