Dad, I can count the number of normal school days I've had this year on one hand.

...sometimes compassion is the greater part of honor.

If this had ever happened before, it couldn't be happening now. That's what they mean by 'once in a lifetime'.

Of every moment I've ever not-lived through, this one is the best

Why do they call it losing your virginity, anyway? It's Not Like I don't know where I left it." "You'd be surprised how many people don't.

I'm searching for a shred of humanity in that shriveled tangle of arteries you call a heart.

If Eastlake High School were the universe, I would be one of the moons circling Planet Emma, constantly hidden by her shadow, and glad to be there. Nash Hudson would be one of the stars: too bright to look at, too hot to touch and at the center of his own solar system.