“i mean, heather said, our bodies are just these things that we float around in. it's not like they belong to anyone”

“she uncurls danny's small fists and clasps his hand to hers and notices the way even in his sleep his fingers seem to know their way around hers; their hands together form their own organ, or an x, like on a map that insists you are here. ”

“it's funny how you can't exactly pick your crush. well, you can, but once it get hold of you, it's hard to shake off. ”

“it occured to her that kissing and being kissed were two different things. and being kissed by someone you've really wanted to is something else again.”

“jenna had felt sexy-funny, like lucille ball with flour streaks on her face, a crumb-covered apron that didn't exactly flatter her, and yet nick had kissed her like a prom king falling for the reinvented girl in a movie. ”

“jenna preferred to think of alice that way - like an art project, colors swirling inside her, rather than of how sick she was. ”

“maybe one of the reasons i don't express myself as well as i want to is because inside, shoved way down into an unseen pit, i'm not sure of what i want. ”