“The presentation of self in everyday life. This guy Goffman had the idea that in different situations, you perform yourself differently. Your… — E. Lockhart Copy Share Image
“They know that tragedy is not glamorous. They know it doesn't play out in life as it does on a stage or… — E. Lockhart Copy Share Image
These guys, they were so sure of their places in life--so deeply confident of their merit and their future--they didn't need any… — E. Lockhart Copy Share Image
“Expensive clothes and high status had little effect on Frankie. But their money and popularity made life extremely easy for Matthew, Dean,… — E. Lockhart Copy Share Image
I love the idea of the big life - the life that matters, the life that makes a difference. The life where… — E. Lockhart Copy Share Image
although she went home that night feeling happier than she had ever been in her short life, she did not confuse the… — E. Lockhart Copy Share Image
We shouldn't piss them off, explained Frankie, because who knows what they'll do now that they've united. — E. Lockhart Copy Share Image
The universe is seeming really huge right now. I need something to hold on to. — E. Lockhart Copy Share Image
“I see it for what is is, now. It is a house built on ashes. Ashes of the life Granddad shared with… — E. Lockhart Copy Share Image
My problem is I can think whatever I think—girl power, solidarity, Gloria Steinem rah rah rah — but I still feel the… — E. Lockhart Copy Share Image
And this is my life, getting dumped with no warning. Or liking people who don't like me back, or who don't like… — E. Lockhart Copy Share Image
You can't have an ending. It's impossible. Because unlike in the movies, life goes on. You're never at the end until you… — E. Lockhart Copy Share Image
Because on some level, even though it never turns out to be true, and even though I should know better, I still… — 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
