“You belong, Jaz. You’re a human being. Color isn’t what you are.It’s just your shade. You’re beautiful. Inside. Where it counts.”

“I know what it's like to look for someone to fill up the whole inside you.”

“I just wanted a chance. You know. Like everyone else.”

“... We're just different.""Yeah," I say. "I'm mute and you have verbal diarrhea.”

“When I was in the hospital, Jeremy made a bet. That you would go to the Winter Ball with Clark." "Really?" I smile. "We're just friends." I tell her. She nods. "They're the best kind.”

“If I could take a pill to suck out my insides, shrivel me up into dried-out bones for dogs to cart away, I would do it. Right there.”

“I love you. I don't always understand you, but I love you.”