“No one gets through life scot-free. Shit happens. I's how you deal with it that shapes you, not the actual event itself.”

“And suddenly I got what the big deal was about kissing. How someone could suck on your bottom lip and make you come completely undone. That someone stroking the hair back from your face could make you swoon and someone sliding his hands underneath your top could make you feel wanted for the first time in your life.”

“There was only one way to get through the rest of the evening and it wasn't sober.”

“That was the deal with the really good-looking boys: they automatically assumed you were pining and panting for them and wouldn’t be satisfied until you’d had their babies, no matter how ugly their personalities might be.”

“I was rolling my eyes so hard that I was sure one of my retinas had just detached itself”

“What you look like is just one part of who you are - but it's not all you are.”

“You'll always be a fat girl. You don't know how to be anything else.”