“Humidity did terrible things to me. I‘d be much prettier if I lived in the desert.”

“Pass me the Academy Award. I don’t know how I did it, but hysterical-girl tears sprung from my eyes as I ran out of the room and down the grand staircase.”

“Were Gabriel and I going to fall in love? Be together forever? Live our lives happily as soul mates? Who the hell knew something like that? Isure didn’t. I can’t see the future.All I knew was that I would love finding out.”

“Please, someone tell me I wouldn‘t be that annoying if I had girlfriends.”

“I hate procrastinating, so much so that I often do my homework on Friday so it won’t be hanging over my head all weekend long. The goodthing is, my (nonexistent) social life doesn’t usually interfere with this quirk of mine.”

“Did you know that ninety-eight percent of statistics are made up on the spot?”

“Gabriel?” I said.“Yeah?” His voice was breathless.“Kiss me.”