We have work to do if you are not to be a total failure like high-waisted, acid-wash jeans.

I am for hockey. I find I should like to hit something with a stick. -Gemma Doyle Trilogy

Evie wanted to cry. From fear. From exhaustion, yes. But mostly from the cruel uselessness, the damned stupid arbitrariness of it all.

In every end, there is also a beginning.

Maybe girls need an island to find themselves. Maybe they need a place where no one's is watching them so they can be who they really are

Mawah meenon ne le plus poohlala," I say with an affected bow.

Pippa's laugh is bitter, tinged with tears. 'Ha! Why do girls think being beautiful will solve every problem? Being beautiful just creates problems. It's a misery. I wish I were someone else.