“It's more that I want to leap in and say certain things and do certain things, but I always seem to hold myself back. I think a big part of me is afraid.”

“Did you just tell us you're gay?" Asks Nick"Yes.""Okay," he says. Abby swats him. "What?""That's all you're going to say? Okay?""He said not to make a big deal out of it," Nick says. "What am I sup...”

“He tells me to pick the music. Im not sure if he knows that handing me his iPod is like handing me the window to his soul.”

“We are out and we are alive, and everyone in the universe is out here right now.”

“I have a sneaking suspicion that youre not 100% committed to your Oreo diet.”

“They put me in a box, and every time I try to nudge the lid open, they slam it back down. Its like nothing about me is allowed to change.”

“Well, spit on my empty grave--if it ain't the attack of the Disney princesses!”

“Im a starving child trying to stuff my stomach, gorging my senses on the decadence of these moments as if Ill wake up in the morning and realize Im still sweeping cinders for my stepmother.But then...”

“But they say if you dream a thing more than once, it's sure to come true.”

“Don't Run For Success, Practice Perfection.”

“Spontaneity is great when the opportunity is there, but what I'm really saying is you need to trust yourself. Instead of checking and rechecking your camera and the lighting and everything else, ju...”

“What she aspired to was a kind of delirious perfection. What Lilia wanted was to travel, but not only that; she wanted to be a citizen of everywhere, free-wheeling and capable of instant flight.”