Lacey shrugged bashfully. “Do you think I’m superficial?” “Well, yeah.” I thought of myself standing outside Becca’s bedroom, hoping she’d take her shirt off. “But so am I,” I added. “So is everyone.

It's just that I learned a while ago that the best way to get people to like you is not to like them too much.

JP shouted, "TELL THEM WHAT YOU JUST DID TO EACH OTHER!" "Um," I said. "We kissed," the Duke said. "That's kinda gay," Keun said. "I AM A GIRL." "Yeah, I know, but so is Tobin," Keun said.

Pain is like fabric: The stronger it is, the more it’s worth.

When was the last good kiss you had?

Witness also that when we talk about literature, we do so in the present tense. When we speak of the dead, we are not so kind.

I hadn’t been in proper school in three years. My parents were my two best friends. My third best friend was an author who did not know I existed.