Julie Buxbaum

“It's basic physics, really. We all need an equal and opposing force.”

— Julie Buxbaum

“It’s nice to sit with someone and not have to think about what to say next.”

— Julie Buxbaum

“Sometimes, when Scarlett says I'm strong, I think she really means I'm numb.”

— Julie Buxbaum

“Team David, I think. I’m totally on Team David.”

— Julie Buxbaum

“I liked the feeling of her hand in mine.”

— Julie Buxbaum

“which means her mouth cost five times more than my car.”

— Julie Buxbaum

“your Vans should be fine. they’re cool, by the way.”

— Julie Buxbaum

“I smile, because if it's not exactly a joke, it is sort of related to one.”

— Julie Buxbaum

“Instead of trying to watch it happen differently, why don't you try to not watch it at all?”

— Julie Buxbaum

“Turns out grief not only morphs time, but space too. Somehow increases the distance between you and other people.”

— Julie Buxbaum

“I’ve never had someone loom so large in my brain that the rest of the stuff gets crowded out.”

— Julie Buxbaum

“Annie: I wonder if when he talks dirty, he gets all science-y. Oooh, your matter makes my particles throb.”

— Julie Buxbaum

“I realize this is what people call small talk. I also realize the world would be a better place without it.”

— Julie Buxbaum

“my Google history, which has way too many questions that begin with “Is it normal to…” Phew,”

— Julie Buxbaum

“I loved my mom because she read the entire Harry Potter series out loud to me, and when we were finished, she…

— Julie Buxbaum

“And pretty,” my mom says. Pretty doesn’t fit Kit. It’s too small a word. Like her name. “Not pretty,” I correct her.…

— Julie Buxbaum

“ I hear my mom in my head, for just a second, since her voice has mostly evaporated—water to air, or maybe disintegrated,…

— Julie Buxbaum

“I’m sorry,” I say. This hurts, I want to say. Even just standing here talking to you. It all hurts more than…

— Julie Buxbaum

“Want some?" I nod, even though I don't like to share food. Kit looks perfectly healthy, robust even, and anyhow she'd be…

— Julie Buxbaum

“When I imagine West Coast Kit, I am the kind of girl who can rock a bikini and sunglasses and whose entire…

— Julie Buxbaum

“Tonight , I leave the bathroom light on and double-check the lock on the front door. I rest in the middle of…

— Julie Buxbaum

“FAVORITE GIRL IN THE WORLD. STILL MY FRIEND? Please meet me on the bleachers after school. Please. And I’m sorry. Sorrier than…

— Julie Buxbaum

“I think about what it would be like to kiss her, to touch my fingertip to her clavicle cluster, to not worry…

— Julie Buxbaum

“I think David was the one who kicked ass today,” I say. “Literally and figuratively,” David says. “I’ve never seen anything like…

— Julie Buxbaum

“I’m not sure what prime numbers have to do with anything,” I say in a gentle voice. “Prime numbers have to do…

— Julie Buxbaum

“Do you ever think about how your name doesn't fit you? I mean, you're usually Kit in my head, but really I…

— Julie Buxbaum

“I don't even want to spend the rest of my life with me.. how do you explain to someone you love that…

— Julie Buxbaum

“This is the opposite of love, I realize, when I look over and see my empty couch, see right through my imaginary…

— Julie Buxbaum

“I try to think of other things. David’s hand in mine. That was nice. Innocent, friendly hand-holding. I think of his tape…

— Julie Buxbaum

“I'd love to go to Girl Dylan's part with you," I say, quickly accepting before Kit can rescind her invitation. If I…

— Julie Buxbaum

“I haven't yet figured out who I want to be, dear," Ruth says, answering both my questions, and then throws her head…

— Julie Buxbaum

“To: KitFrom: MomSubject: The Five Stages of Everything Sucks It’s the middle of the night. Just stumbled across this attached article re the five stages…

— Julie Buxbaum

“If you could be anyone else, who would you want to be?” I ask, because I’ve decided that I admire how David…

— Julie Buxbaum

“Pizza Palace?” David asks. It’s just a few doors down. I picture my friends all huddled in a booth in the back.…

— Julie Buxbaum

“SN: how’s your day, Ms. Holmes? Me: Not bad. Yours? SN: good. been doing my homework in listicle form, because, you know,…

— Julie Buxbaum

“Miney says: “Mom is a closet weirdo, and dad is a closet normal, and that’s why they work.”

— Julie Buxbaum

“Would you like some of my cranberry sauce?" I ask. "I have the same thing, Emily," my dad says. "Why would I…

— Julie Buxbaum

“They seem to understand that the world is a big, diverse place, and that different is not the same thing as scary.…

— Julie Buxbaum

“And now that I've been exposed to this feeling, perfect mouth against perfect mouth, the natural order of things, I wonder why…

— Julie Buxbaum

“Right. So what don't get is why everyone is mad at me, instead of realising that I am the one who has…

— Julie Buxbaum