John Corey Whaley

“But in the parent department, he had won the lottery. So, he'd always known that when he finally told them, they'd make…

— John Corey Whaley

I often found myself in situations where I had, without thinking, said too much to too many with too little caution.

— John Corey Whaley

“You're like Lady MacBeth without the murder." "Thank you. You have no idea how much of a compliment that is to me.”

— John Corey Whaley

“It was a great laugh - that kind where you can actually hear the 'ha-ha-ha's' if you listen closely enough.”

— John Corey Whaley

“We have this way of putting certain ideas out of our minds...we do that. Humans, I mean. We have to bury things,…

— John Corey Whaley

“Life, he says, doesn’t have to be so bad all the time. We don’t have to be anxious about everything. We can…

— John Corey Whaley

“Okay, so first we get you a new computer and then a Facebook page. Priorities, you know," he said, typing in Kyle's…

— John Corey Whaley

“I actually didn't mind too much that Gabriel had spent the past four nights in my room. He was relatively quiet, didn't…

— John Corey Whaley

“He accepted him for what he was. And that Data concluded, was true friendship.”

— John Corey Whaley

“People didn't like having to come up with something smart or helpful or sensitive to say, and they weren't intelligent enough to…

— John Corey Whaley

Not only had my brother disappeared, but--and bear with me here--a part of my very being had gone with him. Stories about…

— John Corey Whaley

“When one of us is dying, they say a part of all of us is. I think that's why it hurts. We…

— John Corey Whaley

“Most people would rather do nothing than risk doing the wrong thing-that's something Solomon learned a long time before shutting them all…

— John Corey Whaley

“She did something instead of nothing. And suddenly destiny didn't seem all that far-fetched an idea.”

— John Corey Whaley

“Secrets...will boil under your skin until it feels like every time you speak, every time you look in the mirror, every time…

— John Corey Whaley

“Fulton Dumas, do you know where Gabriel Witter is?" "No," he said, his expression changing suddenly from surprised embarrassment to sadness. "Are…

— John Corey Whaley

“His brother, he thinks, was in love with everyone he knew.”

— John Corey Whaley

You ever feel like you know someone so much that they can breathe for you? Like when their chest and your chest…

— John Corey Whaley

“I call it the Pretty Paradox. Pretty girls always want guys who treat them, and most everyone else, like complete shit. It…

— John Corey Whaley

“Dr. Webb says that life is so full of complications and confusion that humans oftentimes find it hard to cope. This leads…

— John Corey Whaley

“...God was like the best musician in the world, because he put together all the sounds of nature and gave people like…

— John Corey Whaley

“Jealous of the crazy gay kid. That doesn't sound right." "Hey, Sol," she said, her tone getting serious for a second. "Those…

— John Corey Whaley

“I feel like writing is sometimes the only way I understand anything.”

— John Corey Whaley

A sibling represents a person's past, present, and future,

— John Corey Whaley

Some people say dying alone is a fate worse than death itself. Well, they should try being alone during the living part…

— John Corey Whaley