“Apparently, he was too bust living his own life to be a character in the imaginary novel that was mine.”

“Apparently, he was too busy living his own life to be a character in the imaginary novel that was mine.”

“Apparently being Cinderella isn't so bad after all.”

“...[W]hen I told my dad why I was calling, he just said, 'Honey, you're so beautiful it doesn't matter what you wear.' I wondered how many dads in America were, at that very moment, giving their daughters the same useless advice mine was giving me.”

“Life would be so much simpler if guys were like mood rings, and they changed color when they liked you.”

“I'm sorry, I got you all snotty and wet.”

“Even though we'd never met, imagining being dumped by Gene made me want to die. What was the point of going out with someone? What was the point of falling in love? The whole thing was enough to make me wish I'd been born in one of those countries where they still have arranged marriages. I mean, okay, yes, it would certainly suck not being allowed to drive or vote and having to ask a man's permission to leave the house.But at least you wouldn't have to worry about being dumped.”