She knew that when she got old it would be more fun to look back on a life of romance and adventure than a life of quiet habits. But looking back was easy. It was the doing that was painful. There were plenty of things she would like to look back on but wasn't willing to risk.

There are two kinds of people in this world. The kind who divide the world into two kinds of people and those who don't.

The rules took a while to sort out. Lena and Carmen wanted to focus on friendship-type rules, stuff about keeping in touch with one another over the summer, and making sure the Pants kept moving from one girl to the next. Tibby preferred to focus on random things you could and couldn't do in the Pants --- like picking your nose.

Don't ask me any questions right now. I'm grumpy and I'll probablly make fun of you. -Effie Kaligaris

Exactly! We run or we lose ourselves in something, somebody, anything to try and ease our pain.

My household is, in a nice way, very busy.

She loved her mother and depended on her mother, and yet every single word her mother said annoyed her.