Alex Flinn

“Sometimes, things change so quickly you don’t even know how it happened.”

— Alex Flinn

“The notebook smelled the way old books do, like dust and unrealized potential.”

— Alex Flinn

“What? Listen,you..." And then, strangely enough, she calls me a female dog.”

— Alex Flinn

“Through her jacket, I could feel her heartbeat. It made me happy to know she was alive, was real, was there.”

— Alex Flinn

“A lie can travel half way 'round the world while the truth is still putting on its shoes.”

— Alex Flinn

“I met in the street a very poor young man who was in love. His hat was old, his coat worn, his…

— Alex Flinn

I was painfully shy, and I had tremendous difficulty making friends. So, lacking friends, I watched other people. Watching is something all…

— Alex Flinn

“Then Jack takes me in his arms, and although I am still distraught, I cannot help but notice how well I fit…

— Alex Flinn

“Better?" I went from holding her hand to hugging her. "Lindy, you loved me when I wasn't even human. You kissed me…

— Alex Flinn

“Now that all the beauty of my old life is gone, I crave it like good. A beautiful thing like this rose:…

— Alex Flinn

“It’s hard when you lose someone. I’ve had it happen. It changes your world, everything, but it doesn’t change who you are.…

— Alex Flinn

“It's strange though. People make such a big deal about looks, but after a while, when you know someone, you don't even…

— Alex Flinn

“He bursts into tears, and not some manlike tears either, where you pretend you're brushing something off your face and, incidentally, wipe…

— Alex Flinn

“There is something wrong with this world." She stood like she was making a speech. "Something very wrong when it's the twenty-first…

— Alex Flinn

“So what if I cannot be a model, if I am no longer considered beautiful, if Malvolia is trying to catch me.…

— Alex Flinn

“Unfair. So. Unfair. Someone says something about you, and just because they said it first—because you were trying to be nice and…

— Alex Flinn

“She leans against me, head against my shoulders, and in that second, I know, against the lights and the bright and the…

— Alex Flinn

Since I've written many of my books from a less-than-sympathetic viewpoint, I think that being able to see things from all sides…

— Alex Flinn

“True love would look a second time. True love would not be thwarted. True love would not accept no for an answer.…

— Alex Flinn

“Beside me, Philippe and Meg hold hands. He murmurs something that sounds like, "my dear leetle mongoose." I wish he'd turn back…

— Alex Flinn

“Trust me?" I held my breath for her answer. She had every reason not to trust me. I'd been her kidnapper, her…

— Alex Flinn

“You will wake only if kissed by a young man who is truly your love, truly your destiny, one who would walk…

— Alex Flinn

I wrote poetry, journals, and, especially, plays for the neighborhood kids to perform. I had an ordinary, happy childhood. Nothing much was…

— Alex Flinn

“I knew something about loneliness, knew what it was to sit in my room, checking my phone for texts that never came,…

— Alex Flinn

“So I said, "I'll miss you. You are the truest friend I've ever had." I could see that my words were a…

— Alex Flinn

“We accept without question that we–human beings– are the center of the universe. Talk about hubris. But when a woman says, 'I…

— Alex Flinn

“Parents always forgive you. Like sometimes, you see parents on the news, and their kid just got busted for murdering a 7-11…

— Alex Flinn

“Meg makes a face and lays her hand on my arm. "And why, exactly, would John want to see Eurotrash?" "Hello?" Ryan…

— Alex Flinn

True love would look a second time. True love would not be thwarted. True love would not accept no for an answer.…

— Alex Flinn

Each of my books took roughly one and a half years to write. Some may have taken a shorter time to write…

— Alex Flinn