“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
“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
“... even if I couldn't get into the dark places in her head, I would at least be there waiting on the outside.” — Nina LaCour Caitlin 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
“There’s still this thing that happens after you break up with someone. It barely takes any time to work. All you have… — Nina LaCour Breakup Copy Share Image
“This is how it works. You bust your ass. Not everything goes your way, and then, after a while, you get to… — Nina LaCour 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
“Before the water reaches a boil, he will be here. I dropped the pasta in and set the timer. Before the ten… — Nina LaCour Copy Share Image
“She looks away and I wonderif it's because I'm telling her things she can't relate to. Maybe she thinks I'm being dramatic.… — Nina LaCour Books Copy Share Image
“I’ll make a swing so I can reach the places I can’t reach yet.” — Nina LaCour Hold-still Copy Share Image
“I never realized what a big deal that was. How amazing it is to find someone who wants to hear about all… — Nina LaCour Big deal Copy Share Image
“The ocean is far below us, but the waves crash so loudly, sound close enough to drown us.” — Nina LaCour Copy Share Image
“The first time she carved something into her skin, she used the sharp tip of an X-Acto knife. She lifted up her… — Nina LaCour Cutting Copy Share Image
“The best things aren't perfectly constructed. They aren't illusions. they aren't larger than life. They are life.” — Nina LaCour Larger than life 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 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 Hold-still Copy Share Image
“It was the moment I realized what music can do to people, how it can make you hurt and feel so good… — Nina LaCour Good Copy Share Image
“I have only just learned how to be here. Life is paper-thin and fragile. Any sudden change could rip it wide-open. The” — Nina LaCour Change 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 Meeting people Copy Share Image
“It may be difficult to believe," he said. "I know it may have come across as... romantic, because of how I act… — Nina LaCour Affection Copy Share Image
“I need to leave something behind. Something that will stay. This room should be a historical landmark, the site of the beginning… — Nina LaCour History Copy Share Image
“Here's how I feel: People take one another for granted. Like, I'd just hang out with Ingrid in all these random places--in… — Nina LaCour Big deal Copy Share Image
“We were beach creatures. We had treasures in our pockets and each other on our skin.” — Nina LaCour Animals 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
