Why? Pi asked. What are your secret thoughts? Nothing, Mackenzie blurted out. Don’t think about it, don’t think about it. Tess shook her head. She doesn’t want the whole school knowing she cheated on...
Why do you think people cheat?, I asked.Because they're bored? Because they can? Because they're selfish and think they're entitled to anything they want? Because they don't think they'll get caught?
We're all crazy. What's your specific form of crazy?
We were not always freaks. Sure, most of us occasionally exhibited freakish behaviour. But that's not the same thing.
We found a puppy. In the … um … backyard. Yes! The backyard! And then we … went to see if any of our neighbors lost a puppy. That’s why we didn’t hear you calling earlier. We were outside.
She named her horse Basil? That’s the worst name for a horse I ever heard.
Power is the ability to influence and control.
Oh, I can find Matt anywhere. I have perfect Matt-dar. I used to be able to spot him across campus in a group of a thousand. I'm like Edward sniffing out Bella. I'm a vampire. I can smell him in any r...
No one was perfect. But we all did the best we could. I guessed you had to forgive when you could, move on when you couldn't, and love your family and friends for who they were instead of punishing th...
Just to make sure it wasn’t cancer. Or a heart attack. Or lymphangioleiomyomatosis. Which, sure, only affected one out of a million people, but it started with a cough, and if you were the one out of...
Jonah has that strange look on his face. He must have another of Maryrose’s memories. Probably that she once sang a lullaby on a windy day. OR SOMETHING ELSE TOTALLY USELESS. Is it about canoeing? I a...
In the reflection I see my shoulder-length curly brown hair. My lime-green pajamas. My striped slippers.
I love you: You imagine hearing the words from someone not related to you, someone not your best friend, but when someone you love, someone you dream about, actually says them, it makes your body melt...
Grimm
Getting married is forever, no matter what my spouse does.
Do you think she’s still here? Jonah asks.
Biological clock? I don't even own a watch.
After
Land.
We keep a safe distance. We only whisper. We duck into the shadows whenever Cinderella turns around. We’re really good at this sneaky thing. I bet we could be spies when we grow up. We’d be the cool b...