Wes wants to be with Macy. And Macy, whether she'll admit it or not, wants to be with Wes. And yet they're not together, which is not only unjust, but when you think about it, tragical!

Its 75 Degrees! In December!

You know, I think I knew you for about three weeks before I ever really saw you smile. And then one day, Morgan said something and you laughed, and I remember thinking it was really cool because it meant something. You're not the kind of person who smiles for nothing, Colie. I have to earn every one.

Fine...a word that you said when someone asked how you were but didn't really care to know the truth.

You know, feeling and action are always linked, one can't exist without the other. It's sort of a hippie thing.

Wake up, Caitlin, Mr. Lensing had said. But what he didn't under­stand was that this dreamland was preferable, walking through this life half-sleeping, everything at arm's length or farther away.

I think readers are just looking for things that maybe they recognize or can relate to in the books.