“I know that I need to be completely immersed in it for the rest of my life. And that's probably enough for me to make it.”

“The last time I saw Kate she was crossing a street, the day before I left town. I turned my head and pretended not to notice her doing the same thing. These are the daily lies that she and I have lived. And the biggest lie of all is that I am here. What kind of a friend am I?”

“I'm always the Skinny Girl, the one with no athletic talents, the girl who doesn't try hard enough, the girl who apparently never eats enough.”

“I wish I had known that secrets get stronger over time.”

“I saw in her more potential, more character, than her mother allowed.”

“She's altered the rules on me. We weren't supposed to become the teenagers who 'have problems.”

“There should be no shame in music.”