“ Roo: What’s your definition of popularity?Hutch: I used to think people were popular because they were good-looking, or nice, or funny, or good at sports. Roo: Aren’t they?Hutch: I’d think, if I could… E. Lockhart
“ Noel: A lot of people see friends as something you have on Twitter or Facebook or wherever. If someone wants to read your updates and you want to read their updates, then you’re friends. You don’t eve… E. Lockhart
“ My boyfriend is named Percocet," I say. "We're very close. I even went to Europe with him last summer. E. Lockhart
“ My head and shoulders melted first, followed by my hips and knees. Before long I was a puddle, soaking into the pretty cotton prints. I drenched the quilt she never finished, rusted the metal parts of… E. Lockhart
“ When there's a negative word or expression-immaculate, for example-but the positive is almost never used, and you choose to use it, you become rather amusing. Or pretentious. Or pretentiously amusing,… E. Lockhart
“ So she did not replay, but played the strategist. She retained more power by withholding an answer. E. Lockhart
“ I can feel like a hag some days if I want! And I can tell everybody how insecure I am if I want! Or I can be pretty and pretend to think I'm a hag out of fake modesty –- I can do that if I want, too.… E. Lockhart
“ You have some balls."Frankie hated that expression, ever since Zada had pointed out to her that it equates courage with the male equipment... E. Lockhart
“ For the old people in my family—Mummy, the aunties, Granddad—the accumulation of beautiful objects is a life goal.Whoever dies with the most stuff wins.Wins what? is what I’d like to know. E. Lockhart
“ I know they're not getting divorced or anything, but when your parents argue it makes the whole universe seem like it's tipping, like everything could change if they got mad enough at each other, like… E. Lockhart
“ Then he pulled out a handgun and shot me in the chest. I was standing on the lawn and I fell. The bullet hole opened wide and my heart rolled out of my rib cage and down into a flower bed. Blood gushe… E. Lockhart
“ Gideon laughed. "I like to be direct.""Okay," I said. "But I warn you, I like to be evasive, inserutable and generally send mixed messages." "I doubt it.""Human interaction is not my strong point," I… E. Lockhart
“ Meghan pushed her chocolate cheesecake across the table to me. I hadn’t gotten paid yet for November, so I had only ordered coffee. “Here,” she said.“Don’t you want it?”“Sure I want it. I ordered it.… E. Lockhart
“ One day, she ventured to the palace library and was delighted to find what good company books could be. E. Lockhart
“ Maybe a friend is someone who wants your updates. Even if they're boring. Or sad. Or annoyingly cutesy. A friend says "Sign me up for your boring crap, yes indeed"--because he likes you anyways. He'll… E. Lockhart
“ It's not objective. It's subjective.” Katya hooks her bra behind her back. “It's just what you think, not the truth. E. Lockhart
