“You didn't mind someone shutting out the world as long as they were happy to take you inside with them.” — Lauren Henderson Copy Share Image
“For the first time in my life, I fully understand the expression "I can't hear myself think.” — Lauren Henderson Copy Share Image
“ Bollocks ,” I say, with feeling. “What is ‘bollocks’?” Luca asks, sounding very interested. “Never mind,” I say firmly to him.” — Lauren Henderson Copy Share Image
“Accidents illustrate that you have no control over your life, because from one moment to the next it could be taken away… — Lauren Henderson Accidents Copy Share Image
“If there’s anything more annoying than a boy praising another girl’s beauty to your face, I can’t think what it is.” — Lauren Henderson Copy Share Image
“Men are so difficult - If they think you're trying to push them in a particular direction they dig in their heels… — Lauren Henderson Copy Share Image
“For a split second, his finger touches my skin, and he might as well have brushed me with a lit match.” — Lauren Henderson Copy Share Image
“You know, we should make a note of all the mean things Elisa says to us in Italian. That way, we’ll learn… — Lauren Henderson Copy Share Image
“I’m not an etiquette expert, but I can’t help feeling that knocking our hostess’s daughter over a stone balcony might not be… — Lauren Henderson Children Copy Share Image
“She was incapable of dragging herself away from him; Even though talking over the situation with him had shattered her, being without… — Lauren Henderson Heart Copy Share Image
“Andrea’s really good-looking,” I say to Kendra in a low voice when I hear the Vespa and the jeep start up. “Whatever.”… — Lauren Henderson Copy Share Image
“There’s silence for a long moment as we all watch him go: then, like air whizzing out of a balloon, we all… — Lauren Henderson Copy Share Image
“I step back, farther inside the salon. Watching Luca surrounded by girls, all vying for his attention, Elisa attached to him like… — Lauren Henderson Fun time Copy Share Image
“Sometimes I think hanging out with boys would be an awful lot simpler. And then I remember how much they like to… — Lauren Henderson Copy Share Image
“He lifts one of my hands and raises it to his cheek, a gesture so tender and unexpected that my breath catches… — Lauren Henderson Copy Share Image
“I don’t think I’ve ever been called beautiful by a boy in my life. It’s definitely not an English-guy thing; in London,… — Lauren Henderson Copy Share Image
“Catia was surprisingly blasé about Paige’s coming home staggering drunk and sobbing about My Little Pony not being pretty enough; in the… — Lauren Henderson Coming home Copy Share Image
“I do a hundred sit-ups every morning,” Kendra says, reaching for her white-framed sunglasses. “You can join in if you want.” “Oh… — Lauren Henderson Every morning Copy Share Image
“The four of us have bonded as a group. And though I’m glad that we have, I’d really rather that it hadn’t… — Lauren Henderson Copy Share Image
“My English is much better than my sister Elisa’s,” he adds affably. “Your English ees better,” Elisa snaps, “because you love to… — Lauren Henderson Copy Share Image
“I had a really good time tonight. Tons of boys hanging off me. And I could see it was really messing with… — Lauren Henderson American accent Copy Share Image
“ Elisa was right about her brother , I think, having enough experience to recognize when a boy’s flirtation skills are set… — Lauren Henderson Having fun Copy Share Image
“Someone undressed me, took off my stinky vomitty dress and my underwear, and put a nightie on me while I was unconscious.… — Lauren Henderson Humiliation Copy Share Image
“I tell the truth,” he says. “ E la cosa più importante nel mondo. The most important thing.” “You can know what… — Lauren Henderson Copy Share Image
“I just told her she needs to oil the hinges,” Catia says firmly. “It is ridiculous, that noise. It will give everyone… — Lauren Henderson Copy Share Image
“I took the time to look up online that songwriter Luca mentioned. It took me ages just to work out how to… — Lauren Henderson Save the world Copy Share Image
“ I’m in public, in a club in Florence, snogging a boy who I met only a couple of hours ago, so… — Lauren Henderson Electric shock Copy Share Image
“Everything’s up in the air--how can I leave and never know the truth? Because in my heart, what I want, more than… — Lauren Henderson Copy Share Image
“ Eccentrica ,” he says finally. “Oh God!” My face drops. “It’s that bad?” “ Cosa? ” He looks confused. “Bad?” “In… — Lauren Henderson Eccentric Copy Share Image
“Sometimes I think I’m too proud, too self-protective, but then I see other girls making idiots of themselves over boys and I… — Lauren Henderson Psychology Copy Share Image
“She’d been on the verge of flying out to see me--she’d practically booked a ticket to Pisa for the first flight out… — Lauren Henderson Copy Share Image
“Is there somewhere Maria could go?” I ask in a very small voice. “Maybe”--I have a flash of inspiration--“maybe a nunnery?” Luca’s… — Lauren Henderson Black clothes Copy Share Image
“You like to dance,” he observes conversationally. “Yes…” Safe question, safe answer. Well, at least I didn’t babble.” — Lauren Henderson Copy Share Image
“ Is it a whale? I wonder. Or a shark? I shrug. These are the kind of questions you find yourself pondering… — Lauren Henderson Copy Share Image
“I realize that looming up before us is one of the major holiday hurdles that any group of girls has to face:… — Lauren Henderson Beauty Copy Share Image
“The cool breeze caresses the back of my neck. I take one of the grips out of my mouth and anchor it… — Lauren Henderson Caresses Copy Share Image
“Luigi, the art teacher, holds up his brush, and we all do the same. I’m not quite sure why we’re mirroring his… — Lauren Henderson Art Copy Share Image
“For a few awful, shameful seconds, I seriously contemplate dashing through the gate and joining the line at Passport Control. It’s moving… — Lauren Henderson Copy Share Image
