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.

Safe is just another word for scared.

That, they knew, was true friendship. And they knew, if you're lucky enough to find it, you hold on to it.

Children always know when their mothers are crazy - they just never admit it, not out loud, to anyone.

How can we know the true meaning of charity if we don't even know how to help those closest to us?

She never thought she was good at making friends. But maybe she was just trying to be friends with the wrong people.

It was like she was MADE of cake, light and pretty and decorated on the outside-with her sweet laugh and pink streak to her hair-but it was anyone's guess what was on the inside.