You can't turn love on and off like a faucet.

Tell me what game Steph Landry and I used to play in the big dirt pile they made while they were digging my family’s pool, back when we were both seven, or I’ll know you’re an alien replacement and you’ve got the real Steph up in your mother ship!” I glared at him. “G.I. Joe meets Spelunker Barbie,” I said. “And stop being so ridiculous. We have to go. We’re going to end up at a bad table for lunch.

One of the biggest motivations for me with writing my books is to offer girls some escapism, especially girls who really need it, like I did.

They've arrested Sebastian! For m-murder! You've g-got to stop them! He d-didn't do it! He can't have done it! He doesn't believe in murder! He's a v-vegetarian!

Mia, I'm not sorry. And I'll wait. Love, Michael.

I thought you'd like it," he said, seeming hurt. "You look very pretty.

And eternity is a long time. So if you have to spend it with someone I could see wanting to spend it with someone impossible...but interesting.