“ Awkward interests me, he said. At least when you are feeling awkward you are always thinking. When you are feeling fabulous, for example, rare occurrence that it may be, you stop thinking altogether.… Elizabeth Brundage
“ You couldn't teach kindness, she thought. It was something you were born with. People either had it or they didn't. Elizabeth Brundage
“ As corny as it sounds, Gallagher said, life is very long. You're supposed to mess up when you're young and other people sometimes benefit from your mistakes-as you did in this case. But things rarely… Elizabeth Brundage
“ Just the word beautiful was seductive - but what did it really mean? Beauty was a soft word that ached with possibility, pliant as dough. You could not presume to define it, she realized, because the… Elizabeth Brundage
“ Her mother had told her that when she was a girl. Whenever you’re in trouble, just remember you’re your own best friend. Elizabeth Brundage
