“I know that I am always alone, even when surrounded by people, so I let the emptiness in.” — Nina LaCour Emptiness Copy Share Image
“No," I say. "I didn't know that," and as I say it I feel flooded with bitterness at all the things Ingrid… — Nina LaCour Bitterness Copy Share Image
“and they are holding hands as a last moment of connection before they break apart completely.” Mabel” — Nina LaCour Holding hands Copy Share Image
“There’s something about distance, being removed from what’s familiar, that lets things happen.” — Nina LaCour Distance Copy Share Image
“She won’t ask if I’m okay because she’ll already know that for us Are you okay? is an impossible question.” — Nina LaCour Hold-still Copy Share Image
“We all want to be feel something, we want to be someone to one another.” — Nina LaCour Feel Copy Share Image
“Sometimes inspiration strikes; other times you have to hunt it down.” — Nina LaCour Inspiration Copy Share Image
“There are so many things that I want so badly to tell you but I just can't.” — Nina LaCour Regret Copy Share Image
“I was such a quiet kid, so shy and calm and in my own head. Of course I knew about being sad.… — Nina LaCour Calm Copy Share Image
“I do not mean the difficulty. I do not mean the sex. I mean there are too many failings. Not enough hope.… — Nina LaCour Adversity Copy Share Image
“That girl she was trying to reach- she must have been running from something. She must have been someone special, for her… — Nina LaCour Friendship Copy Share Image
“I was so blinded by her talent that I didn't recognize the tremendous pain behind her work. She gave me hundreds of… — Nina LaCour Blinded Copy Share Image
“Instead, every muscle in her whole body seems to lose all tension, her step forward resembles a skip, and she lets out… — Nina LaCour Body Copy Share Image
“People talk about coming out as though it’s this big one-time event. But really, most people have to come out over and… — Nina LaCour Coming out Copy Share Image
“It isn't the happy ending that Ingrid and I have dreamed up, but it's all a part of what I'm working through.… — Nina LaCour Change Copy Share Image
“I leaned over the sink, closer to my reflection, and stare at myself hard. I don't know what I see. I don't… — Nina LaCour Hold-still Copy Share Image
“When I think of all of us then, I see how we were in danger. Not because of the drinking or the… — Nina LaCour Confidence Copy Share Image
“There used to be days that I thought I was okay, or at least that I was going to be. We'd be… — Nina LaCour Forever Copy Share Image
“Then, without really realizing it, I start to think of one thing I did wrong for each tree I look at. Wide… — Nina LaCour Time Copy Share Image
“When you're friends with someone for such a long time, it's easy to feel like she belongs to you, like the version… — Nina LaCour Friend Copy Share Image
“Here it is, all at once: rightness. Not the graffiti itself, even though it's undeniably spectacular, but this feeling of making plans… — Nina LaCour Graffiti Copy Share Image
“What is was, was that we complemented each other. We just fit in this way that made strangers ask us if we… — Nina LaCour Sisters Copy Share Image
“We love films because they makes us feel something. They speak to our desires, which are never small. They allow us to… — Nina LaCour Cinema Copy Share Image
“And I think of how time passes so differently for different people. Mabel and Jacob, their months in Los Angeles, months full… — Nina LaCour Different people Copy Share Image
“But what I didn’t know yet was that you can tell a girl you want to hang out with her because she… — Nina LaCour Tell Copy Share Image
“I've been waiting for this for so long--something new, life after high school.” — Nina LaCour High school Copy Share Image
“This was me before I knew about anything hard, when my whole life was packed lunches and art projects and spelling quizzes.” — Nina LaCour Art Copy Share Image
“We take a last look out of the window at the night, and I send a silent wish to everyone out there… — Nina LaCour Love Copy Share Image
“I know," I say. "It sucks. Let's go get tacos and sit on the beach.” — Nina LaCour California Copy Share Image
“Maybe there is no right thing to say. Maybe the right thing is just a myth, not really out there at all.” — Nina LaCour Caitlin Copy Share Image
“I can't think of enough expletives to perfectly capture this moment.” — Nina LaCour Expletives Copy Share Image
“He is Romeo, and he is heartbroken. Every word is wistful. When he says, 'O, teach me how I should forget to… — Nina LaCour Big deal Copy Share Image
“dear today, i spend all of you pretending i'm okay when i'm not, pretending i'm happy when i'm not, pretending about everything… — Nina LaCour Faking it Copy Share Image
“What I'm trying to say is that I just want to know you. You don't have to be at your best. We… — Nina LaCour Trying Copy Share Image
“I could say the night felt magical, but that would be embellishment. That would be romanticization. What it actually felt like was… — Nina LaCour Life Copy Share Image
“Maybe it doesn't matter, maybe if we all force ourselves to act like we're okay even if we're not, eventually things will… — Nina LaCour Eventually Copy Share Image
“I thought they were helping you through everything." "No," I say. "I was alone there." In her face something is shifting. A… — Nina LaCour Guessing Copy Share Image
“I wonder if there’s a secret current that connects people who have lost something. Not in the way that everyone loses something,… — Nina LaCour Life Copy Share Image
“And I understand what this is. It’s the opposite of the collapse of the fantasy. It’s what happens when the illusion pales… — Nina LaCour Truth Copy Share Image
“I sort through the letters and pull out what I need for the beginning. They snap easily into place. And even though… — Nina LaCour Letter Copy Share Image
