“Yearning is a red-haired girl sitting on the hood of her silver sedan, reading about Marilyn Monroe.” — Nina LaCour Infatuation Copy Share Image
“In just a little while we will forget all the things we used to want and adjust to the lives that we're… — Nina LaCour Copy Share Image
“Crushes are supposed to be fun, aren't they? They definitely aren't supposed to be so torturous.” — Nina LaCour Crush Copy Share Image
“She [Ava] was never something waiting to be solved. All she is—all she’s ever been—is a person trying to live a life.” — Nina LaCour Heart 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 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
“Sometimes inspiration strikes; other times you have to hunt it down.” — Nina LaCour Copy Share Image
“We all want to be feel something, we want to be someone to one another.” — Nina LaCour Copy Share Image
“If only I had something to take the edge off the loneliness. If only lonely were a more accurate word. It should… — Nina LaCour Loneliness 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 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 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 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
“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 Illusion Copy Share Image
“I want to tell you all the sad things, and then you will know me better than other people know me and… — Nina LaCour 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 think of how time passes so differently for different people. Mabel and Jacob, their months in Los Angeles, months full… — Nina LaCour 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
“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
“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
“It's a good-bye, so I hug her back, breathing in the tangerine shampoo that I will associate with her forever, remembering how… — Nina LaCour Best feeling 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 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
“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
“I can't think of enough expletives to perfectly capture this moment.” — Nina LaCour 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 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
“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
“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
“I've been waiting for this for so long--something new, life after high school.” — Nina LaCour High school 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
“I know that I am always alone, even when surrounded by people, so I let the emptiness in.” — Nina LaCour Emptiness Copy Share Image
“But whenever I looked at Ingrid, I was reminded of the things that kept her alive.” — Nina LaCour Heart Copy Share Image
“I imagine what would happen if everyone turned their regrets into wishes, went around shouting them.” — Nina LaCour Inspiration Copy Share Image
“How does your life move forward, when all you want to do is hold still.” — Nina LaCour Copy Share Image
“I don't want to hurt you or anybody so please forget about me. Just try. Find yourself a better friend.” — Nina LaCour 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 something about distance, being removed from what’s familiar, that lets things happen.” — Nina LaCour 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
“I thought they were helping you through everything." "No," I say. "I was alone there." In her face something is shifting. A… — Nina LaCour Copy Share Image