“ You and I have been friends long enough to know how to treat each other . . . I'm leaving for college. I think I've outgrown the rules. Sally Henson
“ In high school, though, if you call someone out on their shit you get bullied. It’s really a horrible time in life. Honestly, I don’t even know why there is an entire genre of books dedicated to it. Sage Steadman
“ I liked my face. Ethan liked my face. A lot of people liked my face. Besides, makeup was really just glorified face paint. D.A. Paul
“ THERE WAS ALWAYS a boy in your life that common sense and the prayers of parents told you to stay away from: fast talker, fast car, and fast hands. He was the boy your father kept a loaded shotgun by… A.J. Lape
“ They'll try to make you forget who you are or try to make you ashamed. But you mustn't forget and you mustn't be ashamed. Stephanie Dray
“ He just wasn’t into flaunting his awesomeness, but sometimes a person’s awesomeness simply flaunts itself, even when you politely ask it not to. Sage Steadman
“ Hey, I wish we hung out more in high school. Why didn’t we?”“I was hiding,” Jake said thoughtfully.“Me too.”“You?”“In my own way.”Hearing that made Jake wonder if they’d all been in hiding, if he hadn… Carolyn Mackler
“ I don't know if you have any idea what a high school in Paris is like in this day and age in the posh neighborhoods—but quite honestly, the slummy banlieues of Marseille have nothing on ours. In fact… Muriel Barbery
“ Do you know how hard it is to paint kindness?” She leaned her hip against a desk in the corner of the room, still watching me. “It’s the only part of a person I really want to capture. Everything else… Laura Anderson Kurk
“ Inside Ms. Maddox's classroom, it was so quiet you could hear the breathing bounce off the walls. Mindy Ruiz
“ Oh, man,' Beck breathed. 'Check out the car.' It was white with a black top. The hood looked as as long as a football field. 'Sure is big,' was all I could manage to say. Beck gazed longingly at the b… Marilee Brothers
“ In this neighbourhood people don't venture out after dark. It's not safe for them. Only the terminally stupid and the criminally motivated come out at this hour. J.J. Bonds
“ Arkadia wrapped her arms around his waist and laid her head upon the muscular cliff face he called his chest. Dzintra Sullivan
“ It's some twisted, limited, grocery-store mentality, where people have to be dairy products or vegetables or frozen foods for us to be able to understand them and feel safe. Maybe we've just become su… Deb Caletti
“ You're funny.' Phoebe passed me the last chocolate cupcake. 'And I always thought your friends were laughing over their own farts.''Ninety percent of Eastwood's male population laughs over their own f… Robyn Schneider
“ Most of my friends were in band, and most of my free time during school was spent within twenty feet of the band room John Green
“ I’m not sure about all the particulars that led to this moment. Do I believe life is a series of dots to be connected…or that no one can outrun destiny…or that all roads lead to truth and coincidence… Laura Anderson Kurk
“ What I know about you, Henry,” he said. “Is that you, as big as you are, know how to walk gently on this earth. Laura Anderson Kurk
