I say, thirteen is too many dogs for good mental health. Five is pretty much the limit. More than five dogs and you forfeit your right to call yourself entirely sane. Even if the dogs are small. — E. Lockhart Copy Share Image
How was I supposed to concentrate on my mental health when my therapist was encased in orange sparkle madness? — 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 his lips, and the walls are filled with pads of paper and boxes of colored pencils and jars of paint, and I'm laughing and he shuts the door behind us and leans up against it to… — E. Lockhart Copy Share
“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 go. Have a laugh about it when you're older. Forget that junk." I wanted to believe him, to skip off to some punk-rock hangout and develop ironic distance and start over in a universe where it… — E. Lockhart Copy Share
“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 children don't even notice it, but half the time I feel like I'm this extra person watching them have a marriage. They fight, they kiss, they discuss the inlaws, they do projects, they take down the… — E. Lockhart Copy Share
“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
