Carolyn Mackler

“Josh is ... Josh”

“There isn't a definite right and wrong anyway. Sometimes we do what seems wrong, but we have good reasons for doing it, so it's not wrong after all.”

“Sometimes we make decisions about our life and they feel like the right decision at the time. No, they are the right decision at the time. But that doesn't mean they'll be the right decision forever.”

“I guess quotes make me feel more connected.”

“Guys won't admit it, but we're all obsessed with our biceps. I did three sets of ten reps, thirty-five pounds on each side. I knew I was pushing it, especially since we have practice this afternoon, but what the fuck. That was going to be my motto today. What the fuck.”

“I need to acknowledge that she may have controlled my past, but she doesn't have to dominate my present and my future, too”

“It's all a lie. I said to myself. Romance. This notion that some guy is going to swoop and fall madly in love with me and change my life and make everything perfect. It's one big, horrible lie and I bought it. Hook, line, and a ten thousand-pound sinker. Or I guess I should say it's a lie for a girl like me. For Skye, that's another story. The first time Dakota kissed me, down at the hot tub, I remember thinking, this is too good to be true. But if something feels too good to be true, maybe it's not true. Maybe the truth is that Skye deserves him. She'll always be the winner. And I, pathetically, will always be me.”

“It freaks me out to stare at myself, especially my eyes, and know all those things I've been thinking inside”

“It's like you wake up one morning, and decided that how you've been in the past doesn't have to define who you are in the future. Simple as that.”

“I like the flaws best," Sam said. "They make her real.”

“You know how I feel about love. It was invented to sell wedding cakes. And vacations to Waikiki.”

“I've always protected myself when it comes to love. And maybe that's the problem. By not letting myself get hurt now, it ripples into much bigger pain later.”

“I love being reminded that existence itself is all about the tangling of souls.”

“I'm not saying you didn't deserve it, O." Dakota laughed. "But I'm restocking the karma bank and you're at the top of my list.”

“And also...well...i told them I want to get an apartment with him next year rather than live in the dorms."What'd they say?"Over their dead bodies."What did you say?"I asked whether they wanted to be burie or cremated.”

“Remember what to do when you're at the bottom of a hole? You've got to stop digging.”

“The one thing I do remember is that as I retraced my steps through all the familiar streets of my life, Inow felt completely lost.”

“ On Valentine's Day, the Spirit Club plastered the school with red streamersand pink balloons and red and pink hearts. It looked like Clifford the Big Red Dog ate a flock of flamigoes and then barfed his guts up.”

“whether it is clear or unclear to you the universe is folding as it should”

“The Fat Girl Code of Conduct:1. Any sexual activity is a secret. No public displays of affection.2. Don’t discuss your weight with him.3. Go further than skinny girls. If you can’t sell him on your body, you’d better overcompensate with sexual perks.4. Never, ever, ever, ever, ever push the relationship thing. ”

“Never underestimate yourself”