“One of the things I love about books is being able to define and condense certain portions of a character's life into chapters. It's intriguing, because you can't do this with real life. You can't ...”

“I wanted to cry because I needed you there with me so bad. I knew in that moment that I was in love with you. I was in love with the way you loved me. When you wrapped your arms around me and held ...”

“You wanted to lick my face the first time you saw me? Is that usually what you do when youre attracted to guys? I shake my head. Not your face, your dimple. And no. Youre the only guy Ive ever had ...”

“I'm really hoping hes being genuine because I can already tell he isn't the kind of guy a girl gets a simple crush on. Hes the kind of guy you fall hard for, and the thought of that terrifies me. I...”

“No, Sky. You didn't tell her everythingyou told you everything. Those things happened to you, not to someone else. They happened to Hope. They happened to Sky. They happened to the best friend that...”

“The things that knock you down in life are tests, forcing you to make a choice between giving in and remaining on the ground or wiping the dirt off and standing up even taller than you did before y...”

“Only once in your life, I truly believe, you find someone who can completely turn your world around. You tell them things that youve never shared with another soul and they absorb everything you sa...”

“As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.”

“I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you simply, without problems or pride: I love you in this way because I do not know any other way of loving but this, in which there i...”

“We tilt our heads back and open wide. The snow drifts into our zombie mouths crawling with grease and curses and tobacco flakes and cavities and boyfriend/girlfriend juice, the stain of lies. For o...”

“The teachers complain that the students today are all lazy, ignorant, and stupid. But the truth is that you're smarter than they are. You're not even old enough to drive and you already know that n...”

“I told her about school and how I sat on a wall there and felt stories and words move through me ...”