He just stood there, looking at me, as if I had actually changed before his eyes. But this was the girl I'd been all along. I'd just hidden her well.

The further you go, the more you have to be proud of. At the same time, in order to come a long way, you have to be behind to begin with. IN the end, though maybe it's not how you reach a place that matters. Just that you get there at all.

Quiet and incredible. I really envy that.

There's just something obvious about emptiness, even when you try to convince yourself otherwise.

Then what are you like, Annabel?" he shot back. "A liar, like you told me that first day? Come on. That was the biggest lie of all.

I think part of the problem sometimes is that there's so much happening in my books, to whittle it down into a single script is hard.

It’s funny how one summer can change everything.