127 quotes found
Writer · American · 1980
American writer (born 1980)
“Ive fallen for the one person I shouldnt have. For the boy who broke Marys heart. For Rennies one true love. For Alexs best friend.It has to end here. Now.”
“I suppose you can't hold on to old things just for the sake of holding on.”
“I dont even care enough to set the record straight. It was hilarious, what a huge liar she was. She actually believed her own bullshit.”
“Its scary when its real. When its not just thinking about a person, but, like, having a real live person in front of you, with, like, expectations. And wants.”
“When it's finals week and you've been studying for five hours straight, you need three things to get you through the nigh.The biggest Slurpee you can find,half cherry half Coke.Pajama pants, the ki...”
“When she leaned forward to mess with the AC vents, her hair brushed against my leg and it was really soft. It made remember all over again. It made it hard to stay pissed and keep her at arm's leng...”
“you only know you can do something if you keep on doing it”
“Reeve shakes his head and exhales loudly. Thats not what Im saying and you know it! He looks away. Can you just . . . can you go get dressed and come with me and well talk about it later? My moms e...”
“It's crazy, how similar we are. Here's both of us, working through our stuff, trying to make something positive out of something really bad.”
“Life is sexist. If you were to get pregnant, youre the one whose life changes. Nothing of significance changes for the boy. Youre the one people whisper about. Ive seen that show, Teen Moms. All th...”
“Is this how it goes? You fall in love, and nothing seems truly scary anymore, and life is one big possibility?”
“I wished I could stay forever, in this moment. Like in one of those plastic snowballs, one little moment frozen in time.”
“The look on his face made me want to die. It confirmed every mean and low thing I'd ever thought about myself, the stuff you hope and pray no one will ever know about you. Because if they knew, the...”
“Underneath my lashes I watched him, and I thought,Come back. Be the you I love and remember”
“There have been other girls. But they weren't her.”
“I think I see the difference now, between loving someone from afar and loving someone up close. When you see them up close, you see the real them, but they also get to see the real you.”
“Sometimes its like people are a million times more beautiful to you in your mind. Its like you see them through a special lens but maybe if its how you see them,thats how they really are.”
“I could survive for months, years, on a crush.”
“Wait!" he yelled.I didn't turn around, I walked faster. Then I heard him slam his fist on the hood of his car. I almost stopped.Maybe I would have if he'd followed me. But he didn't. He got in his ...”
“In the whole history of my letters, of my liking boys, not once has a boy liked me back at the same time as I liked him. It was always me alone, longing after a boy, and that was fine, that was safe”
