“I turned into the Greenbrier High School parking lot with a singular mission: figure out a way to keep my brothers from chasing off every guy who seemed interested in me.”

“He wanted to break up with me in the cafeteria? Fat chance. I leaned toward him and touched his arm in a girlfriend sort of way. If you planned to stage a public breakup with me, you can forget it....”

“Since he didnt seem to understand the situation, I felt it my duty to enlighten him. Wrong. You started this stupid rumor and half the school probably believes its true. Now you have to stick aroun...”

“In an unexpected move, Bryce reached for my hand and pulled me to his side. Play along. Well straighten this out later.Good Lord, the school hottie was touching me. It felt like Id won some sort of...”

“With his blond hair, broad shoulders, and perpetual tan,Bryce looked like a California underwear model. Not that Id thought about him in his underwear.Much.”

“Maybe I should put an ad online. Honor student seeks overly self-confident young man for fake relationship. Terms negotiable.”

“She was an idiot. An adorable, gorgeous, feisty, funny, sweet, sexy idiot.”

“Did you miss me?A little bit, she said with a shrug.You have tears running down your cheeks, he said with a grin. I think you missed me more than a little.”

“I don't know what the future holds. I only know that I want to be with you. You and me. Everything else is negotiable.”

“A loud smile is often a fake laugh.”

“I enjoy growing older and wiser and learning from my mistakes every single day.”

“When you get kicked in the teeth, chew on it: don't bite back.”

“Every great love starts with a great story...”

“I knew, in the silence that followed, that anything could happen here. It might be too late: again, I might have missed my chance. But I would at least know I tried, that I took my heart and extend...”

“You know what charm is: a way of getting the answer yes without having asked any clear question.”