I looked at her. my lovely, tall mother with her pretty coil of hair and her hard, bitter mouth. Her veins were never open. Her heart never leapt out to flop helplessly on the lawn. She never melted into puddles.… — 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
