She was tired of being the one who cried.

That was the beauty in stacking up words--they got cheaper, the more you had of them.

He looked like someone with a steerage ticket on the titanic. Somebody who'd be standing in line at Ellis Island. Undiluted and old-blooded. Also cute.

high school guys only appear hot to high school girls. its something to do with the fluorescent lighting in the classrooms, i think. They're actually really skinny and spotty, and they have giant feet

Nothing before you counts,” he said. “And I can’t even imagine an after.

Everytime, he breaks your heart. And everytime, he expects me to pick up the pieces.

What if Park realized that all the things he thought were so mysterious and intriguing about her were actually just … bleak?