And now I was seeing that there was something really cool about that family. All of them. They were just...real. And who were we? There was something spinning wickedly out of control inside this house. It was like seeing inside the Baker's world had opened up windows into our own, and the view was not a pretty one. Where had all this stuff come from? And why hadn't I ever seen it before.

I miss school. What’s wrong with me?

I was slipping, man, and it was definetly time to get a grip.

You told us over and over that you don’t think you could live without books, but the ironic thing is, you’d probably die before you’d think to rip pages out of one to start a fire. Am I right? Well, get over it already. Better to be warm then well-read.

Somehow the silence seemed to connect us in a way like words never could. - Julianna Baker

It was beyond embarrassing or humiliating or even mortifying. It was ego-slaying!

What he did to my heart was sheer, inexplicable, magic.