“Everyone wanted what she couldn't have.”
“she waited to change , and i waited to change , and we both wanted what we couldn't have”
“What Trixie wanted, most of all, what she couldn't have - to go back to being the kind of girl who worried about things like science tests and whether any college would admit her, instead of being the kind of girl everyone worried about.”
“But even if you have what everyone else wants- if it isn't what you want, it isn't what you want”
“If we couldn't get strong from what we lose, and what we miss, and what we want and can't have, then we couldn't ever get strong enough.”
“The strange thing was, he wanted to like everyone. He just couldn't find a way to do it.”