“The truth is, I don't want to be disappointed again. Not by someone else's shortcomings, and especially not by my own.”
“No. I don't want to need anybody. I want someone to need me ... I want someone to need me.”
“A white lie is not a lie at all. It is where you tell the truth but you do not tell all of the truth. This means that everything you say is a white lie because when someone says, for example, "What do you want to do today?" you say, "I want to do painting with Mrs. Peters," but you don't say, "I want to have my lunch and I want to go to the toilet and I want to go home after school and I want to play with Toby and I want to have my supper”
“I'm lying. I don't just need someone like you. I need you.”
“Laugh all you want. I know my own worth and don't need to prove it to someone who doesn't know theirs.”