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

“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 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.”

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

“At fifteen, it's still kind of tough to see that people can't be compressed into one color all the time. They shift and change, letter days or not, many layers of many colors.”

“There should be no shame in music.”

“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.”