“Noah acted like he felt nothing because he felt everything. He seemed not to care because he cared too much.” — Michelle Hodkin Copy Share Image
“Smoking was a bad habit, yes. But he looked so good doing it." - The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer” — Michelle Hodkin Bad habit Copy Share Image
“No, it isn't irrelevant. You want me as much as I want you. And all I want is you.” — Michelle Hodkin Copy Share Image
“Um, I think your brother might be waving at you. That, or trying to guide a plane to safety.” — Michelle Hodkin Brother Copy Share Image
“Everyone is a little crazy. The only difference between us and them is that they hide it better.” — Michelle Hodkin Copy Share Image
Maybe sometimes we can only see the truth about ourselves if someone shows us where to look. — Michelle Hodkin Copy Share Image
“The two of us snuggled like quotation marks in his room full of words.” — Michelle Hodkin Mara-dyer Copy Share Image
“The smell of cold, damp earth and wet layers of leaves hooks onto childhood memories and tries reeling them to the surface… — Michelle Hodkin Childhood Copy Share Image
“The boy is destined for greatness, but with you, he is in danger...You must leave him. This is what I have seen."… — Michelle Hodkin Danger Copy Share Image
“I want to be devoured by her. And she wants to devour me just as badly. It’s in every look, every movement,… — Michelle Hodkin Copy Share Image
“We're only seventeen." I said quietly. "Fuck seventeen." His eyes and voice were defiant. "If I were to live a thousand years,… — Michelle Hodkin Mara-dyer Copy Share Image
“I wouldn’t be surprised if this were a postcoital smoke, the object of his brief affection tucking himself back into his pants… — Michelle Hodkin Love Copy Share Image
“You're supposed to say, 'All I want is your happiness. I'll do whatever it takes, even if it means being without you.'"… — Michelle Hodkin Happiness Copy Share Image
“What are you smirking about, over there?" "I'm more well-rounded than you." "Not possible. You're American," he said. "And if it is… — Michelle Hodkin Copy Share Image
“It's my way of telling you that I can't bear to look at my bed without seeing you in it," he said,… — Michelle Hodkin Copy Share Image
“This changed nothing. Nothing at all. Noah Shaw was still a whore, still an asshole, and still painfully out of my league.… — Michelle Hodkin Mara-dyer Copy Share Image
“You don't have to pick me up," I said in a rush. "Considering you have no idea where we're going and I… — Michelle Hodkin Family Copy Share Image
“The boy is destined for greatness, but with you, he is in danger. You are linked, the two of you. You must… — Michelle Hodkin Danger Copy Share Image
“You like me,” he finally said. “You like me, like me.” He was trying not to smile. “No. I hate you,” I… — Michelle Hodkin Copy Share Image
“We were not a foursome. For that, we’d need to be bonded by secrets, and I shared none of mine. Secrets cut… — Michelle Hodkin First place Copy Share Image
“Noah fit his hands to the curve of my waist. "Tell me," he said. He looked inhumanly beautiful under the lights. It… — Michelle Hodkin Copy Share Image
“I knew Noah worshipped Charlie Parker and that his toothbrush was green. That he wouldn't bother to button his shirts correctly but… — Michelle Hodkin Eating meat Copy Share Image
“Mara, I have never felt about anyone the way I feel about you. And when you're ready for me to show you,"… — Michelle Hodkin Copy Share Image
My name is not Mara Dyer, but my lawyer told me I had to choose something. A pseudonym. A nom de plume,… — Michelle Hodkin Big mouth Copy Share Image
I knew one hundred little things about Noah Shaw but when he kissed me I couldn't remember my own name. — Michelle Hodkin Copy Share Image
“If I were to live a thousand lives, I would want to make you mine in each one of them.” — Michelle Hodkin Copy Share Image
“I'd hit that so hard whoever pulled me out would become the King of England.” — Michelle Hodkin England Copy Share Image
The people we care about are always worth more to us than the people we don't. No matter what anyone pretends. — Michelle Hodkin Care Copy Share Image
“I wagered my heart on her and lost, again and again, but still I would do it. I could never bet on… — Michelle Hodkin Heart Copy Share Image
“I hate that I never managed to persuade you to watch Buffy. It's a flaw in you, Mara.” — Michelle Hodkin Hate Copy Share Image
“He looked down at me, all sincere and open and with that chaos hair in his eyes and I wanted and didn't… — Michelle Hodkin Copy Share Image
“A thing I loved about her immediately, though, she looked back at me completely without pity.” — Michelle Hodkin Copy Share Image
“I’m starved for her, all the time, even now—I want every part of her, to devour her, to inhale her, but I… — Michelle Hodkin Mara-dyer Copy Share Image
I’ll walk forever with stories inside me that the people I love the most can never hear. — Michelle Hodkin Copy Share Image
“Sorry' doesn't mean anything when you can't promise not to do it again” — Michelle Hodkin Apology Copy Share Image
“He didn't look like the same person who picked me up this morning. Noah--sarcastic, distant, untouchable Noah--cared. And that made him real.” — Michelle Hodkin Love Copy Share Image
“My brother spent a large portion of the agonizingly slow drive to school banging his forehead on the stearing wheel.” — Michelle Hodkin Brother Copy Share Image
“I wanted to draw a raised middle finger, but I would draw a kitten instead. Normal people loved kittens.” — Michelle Hodkin Copy Share Image
“Mara’s hand is in my hair as I lean my head back against the cracked leather seat, eyes closed, mind ruminating.” — Michelle Hodkin Closed mind Copy Share Image
“I find it hilarious that whenever I light up, Americans look at me like I'm going to urinate on their children.” — Michelle Hodkin Children Copy Share Image