Amber Dermont

“My mother had once told Riegel and me this story about a friend of hers who lived in Newport. "Poor Celia," she'd…

— Amber Dermont

“The idea of getting high on someone else's dime sounded like the right and necessary medicine.”

— Amber Dermont

“I was surprised," I said, "to find someone here with you. I'd rather you existed only when I was around.”

— Amber Dermont

“To be with someone who is stronger than you. To have him relinquish his strength.”

— Amber Dermont

“Even in all that darkness I could see her beauty. Still, I couldn't claim it for myself. Instead, I decided to hurt…

— Amber Dermont

“I rushed off to Whitehall and assumed Aidan would head back to Astor. But when I turned around briefly, I saw Aidan…

— Amber Dermont

“It's how we know we're alive," ginger said. "We grieve the dead.”

— Amber Dermont

“...up until that point, I'd thought that whatever existed between Cal and me was separate and distinct from the rest of the…

— Amber Dermont

It's a silly thing, but I like to understand people through their obsessions.

— Amber Dermont

“I'd used the word "beautiful" to describe another boy. I knew how it must have sounded to her. I also knew that…

— Amber Dermont

“As much as she admired our ancestors' wealth, it bothered Mom that Riegel was so consumed by making money. "Your brother knows…

— Amber Dermont

Boredom is actually the most plentiful substance in the universe.

— Amber Dermont

“Of course I loved him.' I walked toward the window. 'We were best friends.' ‘You know that’s not what I meant.’ ‘You…

— Amber Dermont

“In a moment like this, there were so many beautiful and uncommon things worth saying. Aidan would have said them all, stealing…

— Amber Dermont

“I used to believe having a good memory meant being able to remember everything in perfect detail. Now I believe having a…

— Amber Dermont

“Everyone at Bellingham would know me, know who I was, by dinner. Would they consider me the hero or the fuckup? All…

— Amber Dermont

“Don't you miss it?" I'd ask Aidan. "All that Hollywood sunshine?" "It's like hating the color yellow," she'd say, "and living in…

— Amber Dermont

“How strange and rare it was to see the top of a girl's ear. I reached out to touch her, but my…

— Amber Dermont

I used to believe having a good memory meant being able to remember everything in perfect detail. Now I believe having a…

— Amber Dermont

“You know, I'm going to make it a point whenever I see you to be like the ocean. You can look to…

— Amber Dermont

“It wasn't that Ginger had messed me up. I realized that most guys would have been grateful. But she had taken some…

— Amber Dermont

“I'd thought of her with unblinking eyes, moving always, across the pages of opened books with rapid precision, but as she stood…

— Amber Dermont

“Aidan had compared Bellingham to the Island of Misfit Toys, a sanctuary for the unwanted. But the problem, as I saw it,…

— Amber Dermont

“Bellingham Academy: everything you always wanted in a prep school and less.”

— Amber Dermont

“I worried about enjoying myself around these guys. Worried about turning into one of them.”

— Amber Dermont