“Matt's still watching my face closely, as if nerdy glasses are going to manifest on my face.” — Emery Lord Copy Share Image
“The world moves twice as fast. Or twice as slow. It’s hard to tell when it feels like you’re watching your own… — Emery Lord Life Copy Share Image
“My mind feels like an envelope that is too overstuffed to close. So I take some of the stuff out. ... None… — Emery Lord Copy Share Image
“Dee penned my name into the lyrics of her first single, “Open Road Summer.” She wrote it when we were freshmen, daydreaming… — Emery Lord Open road Copy Share Image
“Of all Tessa’s qualities, that was maybe the one I admired the most: she knew how to sit inside my sadness with… — Emery Lord Copy Share Image
“It's enough to make you believe. Maybe not in symbols; maybe not in gods. But certainly in people.” — Emery Lord Copy Share Image
“In the moments when I feel like being truly happy is an impossible puzzle, one I'm not meant to figure out, if… — Emery Lord Best friend Copy Share Image
“This is because she doesn't know about me picking a fight with Shruggy Jesus or rolling around topless with Lukas. My soul… — Emery Lord Copy Share Image
“The only difference is that Dee’s natural coloring looks like an American landscape—country-sky-blue eyes and hair the color of Tennessee wheat fields,… — Emery Lord Fairy tale Copy Share Image
“Howidoono?” Dee tries to ask, but there’s a mound of Brown Butter Almond Brittle ice cream on her tongue. “How did you… — Emery Lord Best friend Copy Share Image
“When his eyes land on me, something about his expression changes—like he recognizes me from somewhere, too. I look back, appraising him… — Emery Lord Copy Share Image
“Well, you change as you get older, especially at this time in your life. You become more yourself, hopefully. And sometimes that… — Emery Lord Change Copy Share Image
“I used to think rewatching and rereading were embarrassingly boring pastimes. But there is something to be said for how comforting it… — Emery Lord Life Copy Share Image
“You are the only person who can build emotional barriers, but you're also the only person who can topple them. Other people… — Emery Lord Barriers Copy Share Image
“I dig the toe of my shoe into the dirt. “It’s complicated.” “Is it? Most complicated things in life are actually pretty… — Emery Lord Copy Share Image
“I believe in nature, in science, in jazz, in dancing. And I believe in people. In their resilience, in their goodness. This… — Emery Lord Copy Share Image
“Not even Dee's good influence could keep me from trying to hurt my parents the way they hurt me. At least that's… — Emery Lord Parenting Copy Share Image
