Quotes by Courtney Summers

“The sooner you make a mistake and learn to live with it, the better. You're not responsible for everything. You can't control the way things end up.”

“Because you made it here on a lot less" he says and he has no idea how on the mark he is.”

“Whatever's between us is that kind of new.”

“I hate that I'm so numb and empty and disconnected from most of these people but even I can see worth in stupid little moments like these. These people aren't even my family, but I can see their va...”

“My hands are dying.”

“Behind the building was a field and when the potpourri scent of her cleaner made me sneeze, I went outside. There were calves there, these sweet things that watched me with less interest than I wat...”

“I hope Im the ghost that belongs to her.”

“Im sorry, he tells me.I sit down on the bed. He returns to the view of the street below. I follow his gaze and I see the infected walking slowly back and forth.Its okay, I say.Okay, he says. He nod...”

“I thought it could be something, I mean, eventually." Harrison finally looks at us. "My life I thought-but I mean... it's nothing.""Don't cry" Grace says. "You have a lot of time.""No, I don't.""Ye...”

“I am so sad. I am so sad it makes me heavier than the sum of my parts. I shift, restless, but it doesnt help. Its liketime. All this time in here is on me, has its hooks in me. Maybe if I sleep mor...”

“I will see my father in every anger.”

“I elbow my way through the mass of people to get to my locker because there's something immensely satisfying about the toughest part of my arm connecting with the softest part of everyone else.”

“There's always this one girl. She's desperate and she's weird and she's jealous, and you're stuck with her, no matter how hard you try to get her off your back. Just throw some really fucked-up sel...”

“It's amazing how bad you can make the truth sound. As long as you keep it partially recognizable when you spit it out, a crowd will eat it up without even thinking about how hard you chewed on it f...”

“I wish I could break this window. Step through it. But I can't break this window. I can't even find some less dramatic way to die inside of this school, like hanging myself or slitting my wrists, b...”

“Her eyes widen and she shoves me back and then there's a space between us, enough to paralyze me with all of the things I could do to her next. I could raise my hand and hit her in the face or brin...”

“She hates her heart, that misguided organ in her chest. Why didn't it warn her?”

“I think you're crazy good at this survival stuff, Cary."His shoulders sag. He gives me a small, relieved smile and we start walking again, his step a little lighter than it was before. It feels str...”

“It's okay, we can go back from this." It comes out of his mouth so kind - he means it - and it just makes me feel worse. That he can kiss me like this and change everything, but still promise me no...”

“There is nothing like discovering your own secrets in someone elses story. Those thoughts and feelings you believed were too ugly or strange or idealistic or desperate or whimsical or hungry or sad...”