“ Everyone's always making fun of him and calling him crazy behind his back, but I can kind of understand how someone would end up that way. I mean, if no one ever pays attention to you telling the trut… Amy Reed
“ That's what dreams are really like, you know? They're not full of melting clocks or floating roses or people made out of rocks. Most of the time, dreams look just like the normal world. It's your feel… Amy Reed
“ How can she stand up there so tall as she’s telling us how her mother beat her and her father molested her when she was a little girl? How is it possible for her to look so proud? How is she not being… Amy Reed
“ This thing that’s always been inside and hidden deep is getting bigger and stronger and threatening to show itself, and I want to stop it but I also don’t, and I don’t know if I’m ready, but I think m… Amy Reed
“ ...and I know -I just know- you can remind me what it feels like to have someone look at me and love me with wanting me to be something else. Amy Reed
“ Getting rid of the drugs doesn’t get rid of all the other ways you learned to deal with the world. It’s not that easy. Amy Reed
“ The first week is the hardest. Then little by little the world opens up, and you realize there are all these people around you with their own needs that have nothing to do with you. Then you forget, a… Amy Reed
“ I don’t feel great, but I also don’t feel terrible, either, and I guess that’s how normal people feel most of the time. They live in the space between black and white, and their ups and downs are vari… Amy Reed
“ I think before I ever became an alcoholic, before I even tasted alcohol or tried drugs, I was already programmed to be this way. Before there was cocaine or vodka or sex or any of that, there was fant… Amy Reed
“ Your boyfriend smells bad, says Sarah as she sniffs the armpit of the giant sweatshirt.All boys smell bad I say and she nods her head like we have just figured out something very important. Amy Reed
“ Shirley: "Christopher, would you like to tell Olivia what "F.I.N.E" means?"Christopher: "Fucked-up, Insecure, Neurotic, and Emotional"...Olivia: "But what if you really do feel fine?"Shirley: "Christo… Amy Reed
“ There is a whole other world with an entirely different version of me, a me that is not pretty, a me that no boys want, a me she would never talk to. Amy Reed
“ They said the doctors could tell from the scars.""Stop.""Scars can tell you how old the wound is.""Stop.""When I stopped going to school, they came and found me. They found me in the closet.""Sarah. Amy Reed
“ I don't know if anyone can ever really explain why they believe in someone. But I do. I believe in you. I hope that's worth something. Amy Reed
“ All I know is I want you to be happy, and if I could do anything to give that to you, I would. Amy Reed
“ You act like you're invincible, but I know deep down you want someone to hold your hand and buy you flowers and look you in the eye and tell you you're his soul mate. You want someone who will love ev… Amy Reed
“ I said just let me try one more time and she said, "THAT'S ENOUGH, ISABEL," again, and she could just say it over and over and it would never get through my thick skull because I'm always wanting and… Amy Reed
