“On the other hand, it's like we're three years old. You don't want that scruffy old teddy bear until your friend takes… — E. Lockhart Copy Share Image
“Well me the real reason. I mean, haven't we been friends long enough that I deserve the truth?” — E. Lockhart Copy Share Image
“...[F]riendship is a method of castration that doesn't use a sharp object.” — E. Lockhart Copy Share Image
“We’re not friends, Ms. Williams. You’re lying to me half the time, and I’m lying to you all the time.” — E. Lockhart Copy Share Image
“Noel: A lot of people see friends as something you have on Twitter or Facebook or wherever. If someone wants to read… — E. Lockhart Copy Share Image
“I sound like an idiot. But what else am I supposed to say? My parents are getting a divorce? I'm practically flunking… — E. Lockhart Copy Share Image
Get over it, Roo. If you have friends who actually like you, you’re popular enough. — E. Lockhart Copy Share Image
“The white realtor lady asks if I'm adopted—like that's some legitimate, socially appropriate question to ask—and is halfway through a gushy story… — E. Lockhart Copy Share Image
Maybe a friend is someone who wants your updates. Even if they're boring. Or sad. Or annoyingly cutesy. A friend says “Sign… — E. Lockhart Copy Share Image
“And then he's grabbing my hand, and pulling me into a storage room they use for art supplies. And he puts his finger to… — E. Lockhart Copy Share Image
“Noel shook his head. "You think better of this scene than I do, Ruby. Don't you see how fake those girls are? Let it… — E. Lockhart Copy Share Image
“the best way to avoid having your heart broken was to pretend you don’t have one.” — E. Lockhart Copy Share Image
Secrets are more powerful when people know you've got them," said Mr. Sutton. "You show them the tiniest edge of your secret, but the… — E. Lockhart Copy Share Image
“Also, I was living in the middle of my parents' marriage. No one ever says this about families, and maybe people who aren't only… — E. Lockhart Copy Share Image
“At least, these guys were looking. And seeing something. A milkshake.” — E. Lockhart Copy Share Image
...Mr. Wodehouse is a prose stylist of such startling talent that Frankie nearly skipped around with glee when she first read some of his… — E. Lockhart Copy Share Image
“Now, he was free to go forth and make a name for himself in the wide, wide world. And maybe, just maybe, he'd come… — E. Lockhart Copy Share Image
“It doesn't matter if one of us is desperately, desperately in love. So much in love, that equally desperate measures must be taken” — E. Lockhart Copy Share Image
“The presentation of self in everyday life. This guy Goffman had the idea that in different situations, you perform yourself differently. Your character isn’t… — E. Lockhart Copy Share Image
