Because I-I'm someone who wants to kiss you. Be with you." Eli says as if it is obvious, as if I know what is written on his heart.

I want to lie down on the bench then, or better yet, on the grass, rest on something living and see if I can hear the dead underneath.

I love books. I like that the moment you open one and sink into it you can escape from the world, into a story that's way more interesting that yours will ever be.

There are a million rules for being a girl. There are a million things you have to do to get through each day. High school has things that can trip you up, ruin you, people say one thing and mean another, and you have to know all the rules, you have to know what you can and can't do.

I felt nothing all the time, and it had started to feel normal. It should have scared me, but it didn't.

Too late, too late, juice pouring does not a kind soul make, and I killed you.

I think you’re the saddest person I’ve ever met. It’s like you’re drowning in it.