“Dignity is overrated. You know what trumps dignity? Kissing.” — Nina LaCour Dignity 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
“That's what friends do: they notice things. They're there for each other. They see what parents don't.” — Nina LaCour Friend Copy Share Image
“I always knew what I wanted to do, I just didn't know I could do it.” — Nina LaCour Copy Share Image
“No one talked about the way the summer was supposed to unfold or the places we'd find ourselves in the fall.” — Nina LaCour Flower Copy Share Image
“How amazing it is to find someone who wants to hear about all the things that go on in your head.” — Nina LaCour 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 Copy Share Image
“Life is paper-thin and fragile. Any sudden change could rip it wide open.” — Nina LaCour Change Copy Share Image
“He wipes tears off my face and then snot. He uses his hands. He loves me that much.” — Nina LaCour Best friend Copy Share Image
“whatever I decide, I might be making a mistake. But if I'm going to make a mistake I want it to be… — Nina LaCour Copy Share Image
“I sleep through the next day. Each time I go to the bathroom, I try not to look in the mirror. Once,… — Nina LaCour Hold-still Copy Share Image
“My best friend is dead, and I could have saved her. It’s so wrong so completely and painfully wrong, that I walked… — Nina LaCour Best friend Copy Share Image
“Searching, always. And yes, we all are, or soon will be, disenchanted, I still want to know it all: the heartbreak, the… — Nina LaCour Disenchanted 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 Approval Copy Share Image
“What's the use in waiting until the right moment if that moment never comes?" I say. "What if the moment escapes you… — Nina LaCour Moment Copy Share Image
“How special it was, that first sip, and each sip that came after. How it had settled and warmed her, made her… — Nina LaCour Copy Share Image
“...I think that people who make judgements about other people they don't even know are shallow, and people who start rumors are… — Nina LaCour Care Copy Share Image
“When you're friends with someone for such a long, it's easy to feel like she belongs to you, like the version of… — Nina LaCour Friend Copy Share Image
“No one will know if you stay in bed all day. No one will know if you wear the same sweatpants for… — Nina LaCour 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
“In the distance are the lights of town. People must be finishing their workdays, picking up their kids, figuring out dinner. They're… — Nina LaCour Copy Share Image
“Dylan, in her skintight black jeans, safety-pinned shirt, and bulky armbands, with her hair sticking out in every direction and that black… — Nina LaCour 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
“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
“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 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’s still this thing that happens after you break up with someone. It barely takes any time to work. All you have… — Nina LaCour Copy Share Image
“You might be looking for reasons but there are no reasons.” — Nina LaCour Friendship 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 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
“Each time a breeze starts, I feel the air all the way through me.” — Nina LaCour Breeze Copy Share Image
