Always do what you're afraid to do. ... I will prove myself strong when they think I am sick. I will prove myself brave when they think I am weak.

— E. Lockhart

Another thing that happens in the movies: They all have these dramatic crises where everything looks bleak, and you think the couple will never, ever get back together. But then they realize they can't live without each other, and in the end they live happily ever after. It's all a lie. When you hate someone you used to love, and you think he's done something awful-he probably has. You're not going to love him again. He's not going to apologize, or come back to you. He probably doesn't even ever think about you at all, because he's too busy thinking about someone else.

— E. Lockhart

Be a little kinder than you have to.

— E. Lockhart

Better than chocolate, being with you last night. Silly me, I thought that nothing was better than chocolate.

— E. Lockhart

Divorce shreds the muscles of our hearts so that they will hardly beat without a struggle.

— E. Lockhart

Don't worry,' she told him. 'I am perfect at keeping secrets.'- Frankie Landau-Banks

— E. Lockhart

For the old people in my family—Mummy, the aunties, Granddad—the accumulation of beautiful objects is a life goal. Whoever dies with the most stuff wins. Wins what? Is what I’d like to know.

— E. Lockhart

Get over it, Too. If you have friends who actually like you, you’re popular enough.

— E. Lockhart

Gideon laughed. "I like to be direct."" Okay," I said. "But I warn you, I like to be evasive, inscrutable and generally send mixed messages." "I doubt it."" Human interaction is not my strong point," I told him. "Not seriously."" Seriously," I said. Thinking: There is so much about me, he doesn't know. Gideon put his hand on my leg. "What's your strong point, then?"" Goats," I told him. "I am excellent with goats.

— E. Lockhart

Go on, strike, said the witch, smiling. Fire is beautiful. Nothing bad will happen.

— E. Lockhart