It was the best first kiss in the history of first kisses. It was as sweet as sugar. And it was warm, as warm as pie. The whole world opened up and I fell inside. I don't know where I was, but I didn't care. I didn't care because the only person who mattered was there with me.

Everything had felt so precarious since her mother's death, like she was walking on a bridge made of paper.

People adapt. People change. You can grow where you're planted.

Adolescence is like having only enough light to see the step directly in front of you.

People fall in love all the time. And it's not always with the right people. And it's not always reciprocated.

You're dying with the way things are," Della Lee said harshly, causing Josey to lower the handful of popcorn she was about to put in her mouth. "You're going to lose yourself in this, Josey. It's going to happen if you don't change. I know. I lost myself trying to find happiness in things that didn't love me back.

We have history, you and I. You just don’t know it yet.