Colin had always preferred baths; one of his general policies in life was never to do anything standing up that could just as easily be done lying down

But it was sure a privilege to love him, huh?" I nodded into his shirt. "Gives you an idea how I feel about you," he said. My old man. He always knew just what to say.

I love you' really is the gateway drug of breaking up.

Videogame players essentially choose whether to win the game or to die heroically. There's a certain glory in both.

Nerd life is just so much better than regular life.

me: you know what sucks about love? o.w.g.: what? me: that it's so tied to the truth. I know it sucks, but in a way, it's good....Love and truth being tied together, I mean. They make each other possible, you know?

One of the reasons that metaphor and symbolism are important in books is because they are also important to life. Like, for example say you're in high school and you're a boy and you say to a girl: "Do you like anyone right now?" - that's not the question you're asking. The question you're asking is, "do you like me right now."