There are some people who fall in love over and over.

He took her in his arms right away. "I'm so sorry," he murmured in her ear. He rocked her, saying it over and over. But no matter how many times he said it, no matter how much she knew he meant it, the words stirred around in her ear but didn't get into her brain. Sometimes he could comfort her. Sometimes he said what she needed, but today he couldn't reach her. Nothing could.

She wondered again about her inclination to wish for things that made her so deeply unhappy.

For the first time she saw that the nurse's name was Tabitha.

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.

she never showed girly weaknesses like cellulite or crushes. she never lingered on injustices committed against her.

You know what the secret is? It's so simple. We love one another. We're nice to one another. Do you know how rare that is? - Carmen