Contemporary fiction Quote by Katie Cotugno

“Kissing him feels familiar but also new, a song they haven’t played on the radio in a really long time.”

— Katie Cotugno

“...as if there's some invisible string that kept us tethered the entire time he was away and that's tightening now...”

— Katie Cotugno

“It felt like he could open up my head and see inside.”

— Katie Cotugno

“Wait, I almost shouted, but didn't, and that would be my burden to bear.”

— Katie Cotugno

“I like him so stupidly much.”

— Katie Cotugno

“I know it's only a matter of time before she gets to preschool and starts asking her teacher why today's snack is so shitty.”

— Katie Cotugno

“I just didn't know how to do this, ...the clang and chatter... . And more than that, I didn't particularly want to learn.”

— Katie Cotugno

“There's no limit to the ways that we have managed to fail each other as best friends.”

— Katie Cotugno

“I'm so hugely tired of carrying all of this inside me, all my guilt and anger and loneliness.”

— Katie Cotugno

“...the feeling of standing on the edge of a canyon and screaming, waiting for an echo that refused to come.”

— Katie Cotugno

“...I hate myself for letting him know that I still think about him, that I carry him around inside my skin.”

— Katie Cotugno

“I wasn’t unpopular, exactly. I was just . . . unequipped.”

— Katie Cotugno