“Lawrence says, "I have an old maiden aunt too, and her place smells just like this. What [i] is [/i] that smell, anyway?" "Age and desperation?" I suggest. "Bitterness and despair?" Vanessa says. "Baked fish?" says Harry. "She does like… — Claire LaZebnik Copy Share Image
“WE LEAVE THE DORM, and Ethan shows us the gym, where he proudly informs us that in one month he’s already doubled the weight… — Claire LaZebnik Copy Share Image
Isabella: "Why are you being so mean to me?" Harry: "Because i love you" Isabella: "Does that ever work?" Harry: "On my mother it… — Claire LaZebnik Copy Share Image
“David tears a chocolate chip cookie in half. “Want some?” He holds a piece out to me. The chocolate glistens, and the brown-buttery inside… — Claire LaZebnik Copy Share Image
“I go with him to retrieve his backpack. The hallway’s deserted, so he and I steal a kiss against the row of lockers. Then… — Claire LaZebnik Copy Share Image
I want a tutor,” Layla said. “It would make doing homework so much easier.” “Me too,” said Kaitlyn. “If Layla gets one, I get… — Claire LaZebnik Copy Share Image
I cursed myself not only for forgetting to turn my phone off but for ever thinking that having a rock music ringtone was cool. — Claire LaZebnik Copy Share Image
“He smiled down into her eyes and she looked right at him and she knew him. When hadn’t she known him? With a little… — Claire LaZebnik Copy Share Image
He only invited me because of you and Chase.' 'Right,' she said, following me inside. 'He's never shown the slightest interest in you before.… — Claire LaZebnik Copy Share Image
He can’t ground her if he’s already killed her,” I pointed out when Juliana quoted this to me. “Well, he can, but it wouldn’t… — Claire LaZebnik Copy Share Image
Basically, the world is a giant shithole. But some of us are capable of imagining something better. — Claire LaZebnik Copy Share Image
“David has one of those bland faces that would get him off for murder because not a single eyewitness would be able to describe… — Claire LaZebnik Copy Share Image
“It's like people have a place in their brain for normal, and they have a place in their brain for something obviously wrong, but… — Claire LaZebnik Copy Share Image
“Okay, then . . .” I stand up. “It’s been real,” I tell David flatly. “Yeah,” he says. “Later.” Ethan has leapt to his… — Claire LaZebnik Copy Share Image
“You don’t want him to be miserable. It’s just . . . you were planning not to go away to college because he might… — Claire LaZebnik Copy Share Image
“[Ava] had always thought the main relationship in the family was the one between Nancy and her daughters. To have a family, you needed… — Claire LaZebnik Copy Share Image
![“Lawrence says, "I have an old maiden aunt too, and her place smells just like this. What [i] is [/i] that smell, anyway?" "Age and desperation?" I suggest. "Bitterness and despair?" Vanessa says. "Baked fish?" says Harry. "She does like tilapia," I admit.” quote by Claire LaZebnik](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/69d/claire-lazebnik-13620_smell_lawrence-says-i-have-an-old-maiden-aunt_822792.jpg)
![“[Ava] had always thought the main relationship in the family was the one between Nancy and her daughters. To have a family, you needed a father, of course, and Jimmy had played that role perfectly well, if you were okay with an old-fashioned interpretation of the job. But the Nickerson family was…” quote by Claire LaZebnik](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/03d/claire-lazebnik-13620_children_ava-had-always-thought-the-main-relation_661097.jpg)