“One thing I've noticed is that the only places people insist you relax are the least relaxing places on the planet.” — Robyn Schneider Copy Share Image
“I love that there's such a rivalry. It's like, leaf water versus bean water, ya know?” — Robyn Schneider Coffee Copy Share Image
“And so she ghosted on, in relentless pursuit of escape, not from society, but from herself.” — Robyn Schneider Heart Copy Share Image
“Sorry,' I apologized, realizing she was the sort of girl who got upset when someone used an unfamiliar word, rather than learning… — Robyn Schneider Copy Share Image
“I pictured her tragically; it never once ocurred to me to picture her as the tragedy.” — Robyn Schneider Girl Copy Share Image
“I don’t see the point in caffeine without coffee. Or coffee without caffeine, for that matter,” I informed him.” — Robyn Schneider Caffeine Copy Share Image
“...but I didn't care, because the magnificent possibility of kissing Cassidy Thorpe had turned into an indisputable fact of my daily existence...” — Robyn Schneider Life Copy Share Image
“But no, I had a test in Calculus. I flunked the test, badly. It was as though my brain didn't want to… — Robyn Schneider Flunked Copy Share Image
“...history is filled with fictional people. We have all been fooled into believing in people who are entirely imaginary - made-up prisoners… — Robyn Schneider Fictional-characters Copy Share Image
“Words could betray you if you chose the wrong ones, or mean less if you used too many. Jokes could be grandly… — Robyn Schneider Copy Share Image
“I learned three things that night: 1) sharing a bed is't nearly as intimate as making out in a too-small back seat,… — Robyn Schneider Copy Share Image
“Steinbeck wrote about the tide pools and how profoundly they illustrate the interconnectedness of all things, folded together in an ever-expanding universe… — Robyn Schneider Astronomy Copy Share Image
“I wondered what things became when you no longer needed them, and I wondered what the future would hold once we'd gotten… — Robyn Schneider Ezra Copy Share Image
“You see? You're just figuring it out now, but I discovered a long time ago that the smarter you are, the more… — Robyn Schneider Copy Share Image
“I still think that everyone's life, no matter how unremarkable, has a singular tragic encounter after which everything that really matters will… — Robyn Schneider Copy Share Image
“So," I said as Cassidy and I headed toward Mr. Moreno's room, "I didn't see any secret messages last night." "I didn't… — Robyn Schneider Copy Share Image
“I reached for the switch on my desk lamp and flashed HELLO. The lights switched off in Cassidy's bedroom, and her flashlight… — Robyn Schneider Copy Share Image
“We have all been fooled into believing in people who are entirely imaginary--made-up prisoners in a hypothetical panopticon. But the point isn't… — Robyn Schneider Characters Copy Share Image
“You see? You're just figuring it out now, but I discovered a long time ago that the smarter you are, the more… — Robyn Schneider Copy Share Image
“She didn't add the elements that allowed me to proceed down a different path. She lent a spark, perhaps, or tendered the… — Robyn Schneider Copy Share Image
“The way i figured it, keeping quiet was safe. Words could betray you if you chose the wrong ones, or mean less… — Robyn Schneider Keeping quiet Copy Share Image
“It’s like . . . I’m paranoid about people borrowing my laptop because I’m convinced they’ll find some secret document on there… — Robyn Schneider Copy Share Image
“I suppose she didn't think anyone was looking and had let her guard down, the way you did in an empty room.… — Robyn Schneider Ezra Copy Share Image
“Do you know who else welcomes everyone to their table?" I asked. "Anyone desperate for friends." He snorted. "Who are you calling… — Robyn Schneider Desperate Copy Share Image
“No matter how screwed up life is today, today is just a collection of moments that stop and start where you want… — Robyn Schneider Life Copy Share Image
“There's a word for it," she told me, "in French, for when you have a lingering immersion of something having passed by.… — Robyn Schneider Firework Copy Share Image
“You could roll the same side over and over again, the laws of the universe intact and unchanging with each turn. It's… — Robyn Schneider Copy Share Image
“I can't say I forgive her for refusing to indulge the perhapsness of what we might have been, but I understand why… — Robyn Schneider Forgiveness Copy Share Image
“How many beers do y'all think it takes before one internationally scientist turns to another and says, 'Dude, bet you twenty bucks… — Robyn Schneider Beers Copy Share Image
“She tasted like buried treasure and swing swets and coffee. She tasted the way fireworks felt, like something you could get close… — Robyn Schneider Sweet talk Copy Share Image
“Why do they even call it that, "saving yourself"? Like we need to be rescued from sex? It's not like virgins spend… — Robyn Schneider Copy Share Image
“We have all been fooled into believing in people who are entirely imaginary--made-up prisoners in a hypothetical panopticon. But the point isn't… — Robyn Schneider Believing In People Copy Share Image
“This was one of the last weekends before we’d be the seniors, and I was thinking about what that meant. About how… — Robyn Schneider Graduation Copy Share Image
“Because that's all you can do in this world, no matter how strong the current beats against you, or how heavy your… — Robyn Schneider Burden Copy Share Image
“I made a decision that year, to start mattering in a way that had nothing to do with sports teams or plastic… — Robyn Schneider Love Copy Share Image
“It’s strange how we can lose things that are still right there. How a barrier can go up at any moment, trapping… — Robyn Schneider Copy Share Image
“Ezra, the girl you're chasing after doesn't exist. I'm not some bohemian adventurer who takes you on treasure hunts and sends you… — Robyn Schneider Ezra Copy Share Image
“And that was when I saw what Cassidy had done to herself: the gold and red ribbing on her sweater-vest, the matching… — Robyn Schneider Harry potter Copy Share Image
“Eastwood was distorted for me, a picturesque place meant to lull its residents into believing that behind our gates and beyond our… — Robyn Schneider Copy Share Image
“I fell in love with her courage, her sincerity and her flaming self respect and it’s these things I’d believe in even… — Robyn Schneider Courage Copy Share Image
