“She was young and alive, untouchable. Why did she want to go?” — Courtney Summers Teenagers Copy Share Image
I'm afraid everything I was is gone and all that's left is everything I'm not. — Courtney Summers Copy Share Image
“Then I should be dead really soon, because you're stressing me out.” — Courtney Summers Copy Share Image
“I take a deep breath. It smells suspiciously like bullshit in here.” — Courtney Summers Deep breath Copy Share Image
“You don't get to do this when you're a girl, so when the opportunity for violence finally presents itself, I want all… — Courtney Summers Girl Copy Share Image
You only get to walk variations of the same lines everyone has already drawn for you. — Courtney Summers Bullying Copy Share Image
“I didn't want to be popular because it was easier; I wanted to be popular because in high school that's the best… — Courtney Summers High school Copy Share Image
“You know," she says. "You're still alive. I don't know how many different ways I can try to tell you before it… — Courtney Summers Alive Copy Share Image
“I'm dying. I am dying. I have finally achieved what I set out to do. My heart is splitting open and I… — Courtney Summers Copy Share Image
“I close my eyes and lean my head against the seat, and the word fuck just repeats itself over and over in… — Courtney Summers Copy Share Image
“I don't know how I'm going to do this, move through the hours like someone who wants to still be breathing when… — Courtney Summers Breathing Copy Share Image
“Milo and I have this drinking game about Beth: every time she annoys me, we drink. She annoys me alot.” — Courtney Summers Copy Share Image
“Anyway," Jake says. I turn back to him. “I just wanted to start over a good note, that’s all.” I have to… — Courtney Summers Copy Share Image
“When I found my dad, I knew things were going to change forever, but sitting next to her, getting ready to see… — Courtney Summers Copy Share Image
“Mom and Dad exchange a nervous glance and have a telepathic conversation about it. I hear every word. Do we let her… — Courtney Summers Communication Copy Share Image
“I hear the unmistakable sound of glass breaking and I start apologizing to no one, trying to pick it up again, but… — Courtney Summers Copy Share Image
“You know how you feel when you meet someone and they just give you the impression they're living on this entirely different… — Courtney Summers Copy Share Image
“I take a swig from Milo’s flask and hand it back to him. He screws the top back on. He inherited the… — Courtney Summers Circle of life Copy Share Image
“Except forget it happened on Monday, right? And I can kiss you, but I don't know if I can hold your hand.… — courtney summers Copy Share Image
“Sometimes you catch something specific like the screams and cries of people trying to hold on to each other before they're swallowed… — Courtney Summers Screams Copy Share Image
“Cary's going to give them the rundown on everything we've managed to piece together about what happened before Baxter got in and… — Courtney Summers Sick and tired Copy Share Image
“I think you're crazy good at this survival stuff, Cary." His shoulders sag. He gives me a small, relieved smile and we… — Courtney Summers Apocalypse Copy Share Image
“I am so sad. I am so sad it makes me heavier than the sum of my parts. I shift, restless, but… — Courtney Summers Emptiness Copy Share Image
“Imagine 4 years. Four years, two suicides, one death, one rape, two pregnancies (one abortion), three overdoses, countless drunken antics, pantsings, spilled… — Courtney Summers Copy Share Image
“I wish I could break this window. Step through it. But I can't break this window. I can't even find some less… — Courtney Summers Hate Copy Share Image
“When this is over, society will need entertainment to get past it. We'll make movies about it, hundreds of movies, and in… — Courtney Summers Best friend Copy Share Image
“I feel the space beside me in a way that knows he's been gone a while. and my chest is winding itself… — Courtney Summers Copy Share Image
“He tells me its going to be okay until all the words blur together into a hum that makes me close my… — Courtney Summers Copy Share Image
My dad used to say makeup was a shallow girl's sport, but it's not. It's armor. — Courtney Summers Copy Share Image
“Becky, you're only standing there because I decided I didn't want to.” — Courtney Summers Copy Share Image