Jennifer Laurens

“But it didn’t matter if he kissed her or not. She could stand there forever, just looking at him.”

“No one should leave a friend worse than they found them.”

“Zoe, sometimes people get so buried they can't do anything more than reach, let alone summon the strength to climb out.”

“Everyone can look into another's heart. People just don't usually take the time to do it.”

“Change isn't as easy as snapping your finger.""And for everyone it's different. If we all learned the lesson the first time around the track, there'd be no need for a stadium, for coaches, for cheerleaders, for those people who maintain the field so we can pick ourselves up and try again.”

“In your heart of hearts you don't want to see that happen." "No. But sometimes I wish he'd learn a lesson and shape up." "Sometimes that's all it takes. But sometimes the road is much longer. Zoe, you have to be patient. Have faith." "How can I have faith in him when he's not trying?" "Do you know he's not trying?" "He's not changing, is he?" "Zoe." He stepped closer and though he didn't touch me, his nearness swiped away my anger. "Change isn't as easy as snapping your finger." "It's easy if you just decide to do something. Come on Matthias, everybody's got their turning point, their rock bottom or whatever you want to call it.""And for everyone it's different. If we all learned the lesson the first time around the track, there'd be no need for a stadium, for coaches, for cheerleaders, for those people who maintain the field so we can pick ourselves up and try again.”

“I'll go. Anywhere you ask. But I couldn't say that to him. Even if I felt like I could follow him to Mars, I wouldn't tell him. My will was the one thing I was not prepared to give anyone.”

“He didn't move, just stood with a pleasant smile. But I wouldn't be fooled. How many times had I faces just like his on the news? Well, maybe not just like his. He was better looking than the average psychos.”

“He nodded, his forehead fused with mine. "My head fogs when you kiss me like that. I can't think," he murmured."It does?" I grinned. "I like making your head fog." I kissed him again.”

“I can deal with anything, as long as I know it's the truth. It's the lies that are hard.”

“I want to be the one protecting you.”

“Thirty minutes until I saw Weston. I shouldn't be this excited about a ride home.”

“Krissy + party = WTF?”

“You have the poutiest lips I've ever seen.""Pouty?' I snorted. "Like I look bratty?""Like you look kissable.”

“There's my bearcat.”

“You feel control drain away like sand falling from your fingertips. You can't hold onto it. It's gone. And so are you.”

“But there you are. Helpless. Unable to defend yourself. Vulnerable. Victim.”

“So get your head out of your heart”

“Whenever you're around her she's calm. She's more aware. It's like you carry a frequency she can tune into.”

“I had to get my mind clear and the only way I knew how was to drown in music.”

“...His gaze seemed to say what I felt: looking at you eases everything inside of me.”

“Danicka asked where you were. I told her you and Colin were taking a long lunch eating- something she and her friends might want to take up since -clearly- Colin is a man, and men like meat, dogs like bones.”

“I stood surrounded by everything, but in reality, i had very little.”

“More than anything, I wanted someone to understand what was inside me.”

“Everything you need to know about love is already inside of you...”

“You're the first girl who's had the guts to touch my controls.”

“I shook my head. His body felt so strong and alive next to me, an electric current bounced between us. "I don't need dozens of wishes fulfilled. I'm with you. There's nothing else I want.”

“You can't let your heart go places it's not supposed to go.”