I mean, it's impossible to fake anything if you've already seen the other person in a way they'd never choose for you to. You can't go back from that.

Only a weak person needed someone else around all the time.

Nate: “And,” he said, “boys at twelve aren’t exactly slick with the ladies.” Ruby: “’Slick with the ladies’?” I said. “Are you twelve?

That was the nice thing about the Spot: you could hear everything, but no one could see you.

Teaching was great for me, because I got to show people how writing can really change the way you see not only yourself but the world.

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!

But unfriendly is usually one of those things you pick up on right away. You know, like B.O. There's no hiding it if it's there.