“He looked as shocked as if I'd asked him to masturbate in front of me.” — Dia Reeves Humor Copy Share Image
“No, thanks. If I start wearing heels, boys will whistle at me when I walk by.” — Dia Reeves Boys Copy Share Image
“I’d give just about anything if I could make you care,” he said. “Especially about me.” — Dia Reeves Care Copy Share Image
“The rain echoed in the shadowy attic space and made me feel small and fragile, like a lace glove left behind on… — Dia Reeves Copy Share Image
“Trust. Affection. Respect." I shoved her tainted after-school snack across the table. "It must be hard to think of qualities you don't… — Dia Reeves Love Copy Share Image
“The worst thing you can do is rest all your hopes on a wish. A granted wish doesn't equal a perfect life.” — Dia Reeves Hope Copy Share Image
“Indecisiveness is a very unattractive trait in a man, especially when he's just a boy.” — Dia Reeves Copy Share Image
“Paulie looked thoughtful. 'Well don't use Elmer's glue,' he warned. 'it sure didn't work on the Blackberry.” — Dia Reeves Copy Share Image
“You're like rottweilers - they protect you from burglars, but nothing protects you from them.” — Dia Reeves Copy Share Image
“I caught her red-handed with her hands down his pants." "You did not," Fancy told Madda sternly, with as much dignity as… — Dia Reeves Copy Share Image
“It's easier to be careful in dresses. You have to be or you end up flashing your underclothes or destroying beautiful fabric.… — Dia Reeves Copy Share Image
“You're like a doll I had when I was a kid. She was all stiched together and her head kept falling off,… — Dia Reeves Death Copy Share Image
“The red color infesting Wyatt's lure spread like licks of flame until the entire stretch of rattling glass was full of bloody-colored… — Dia Reeves Red Color Copy Share Image
“Fancy clipped a scrap of newsprint to her canvas and wrote, I don't have friends. Ilan's hand covered hers briefly as he… — Dia Reeves Friendship Copy Share Image
“How did you get out of the suicide door?" Her disbelief was a living, pettable thing. "Magic." Her eyes narrowed. "There is… — Dia Reeves Copy Share Image
“1821," I told him, noting mailboxes of castles and pirate ships and the street numbers painted on them. I had to fis… — Dia Reeves Moon Copy Share Image
“Mother is the name for God on the lips and hearts of children.” — Dia Reeves Children Copy Share Image
“But what was the point of love if it didn't keep people from leaving you?” — Dia Reeves Copy Share Image
“If you were left alone, you'd hate it. Loneliness gets old in a hurry” — Dia Reeves Hate Copy Share Image
“She tucked a five-dollar bill into my dress strap—like I was a stripper!” — Dia Reeves Stripper Copy Share Image
“If I can't, then I'll paint the walls of her house red with my blood.” — Dia Reeves Copy Share Image
“I wear my cool on the inside; that's why my hands are always so cold.” — Dia Reeves Copy Share Image
“I do know you, Fancy. All about you. The problem is, you don’t know about me.” — dia reeves Copy Share Image
“When you had no one to vent to, everything stayed inside and festered like old meat in a hot fridge.” — Dia Reeves Copy Share Image
“A herd of laughing kids zipped by the passenger-side window on Roller-blades. I hoped they never went from laughter to heartache as… — Dia Reeves Children Copy Share Image
“She decided not to look him in the eyes ever again. It was too much like being shoved over the edge of… — Dia Reeves Heart Copy Share Image
