“If I've learned anything in my seventeen years, it's that life isn't easy all the time. Parents get divorced, guinea pigs explode under your watch, and you can't get up the guts to talk to a girl you have a crush on.”

“If I had learned anything by hanging out with her and her friends, it was that once you got up close to people, you realized that everyone - no matter how popular he or she might be - was just a living, breathing human being...”

“So you don't really believe in love?" I whispered. How could this be? I was crushed. It was like finding out the truth about Santa Claus and the tooth fairy and the Easter bunny in one sitting.”

“All I want is a best friend whom I can't wait to kiss again.”

“Was that girl ever not in diva mode?”

“The grass may be greener on the other side, but you still have to move the lawn.”

“I guess it was what my friend Phoolendu at the yoga studio would call kismet. That's like fate, but much more dramatic.”