I wanted so much for us: a life free of constriction and prejudice. A life free to love and be loved.

— E. Lockhart

Maybe a friend is someone who wants your updates. Even if they're boring. Or sad. Or annoyingly cutesy. A friend says "Sign me up for your boring crap, yes indeed"--because he likes you anyway. He'll tolerate your junk

— E. Lockhart

Meghan pushed her chocolate cheesecake across the table to me. I hadn’t gotten paid yet for November, so I had only ordered coffee. “Here,” she said.”Don’t you want it?”“Sure I want it. I ordered it. But I’m giving it to you.”“Why?” Meghan stood up and got me a fork. “Remember what Nora said about love? In your movie?”“Love is when you have a really amazing piece of cake, and it’s the very last piece, but you let him have it,” I said.“So it’s really amazing cake,” said Meghan. “And I want you to have it.

— E. Lockhart

My boyfriend is named Percent," I say. "We're very close. I even went to Europe with him last summer.

— E. Lockhart

My head and shoulders melted first, followed by my hips and knees. Before long I was a puddle, soaking into the pretty cotton prints. I drenched the quilt she never finished, rusted the metal parts of her sewing machine. I was pure liquid loss...

— E. Lockhart

Never eat anything bigger than your ass.

— E. Lockhart

Noel: A lot of people see friends as something you have on Twitter or Facebook or wherever. If someone wants to read your updates, and you want to read their updates, then you’re friends. You don’t ever have to see each other. But that seems like a stupid definition to me. Too: Yeah. Noel: Although on the other hand, rethink. Maybe a friend is someone who wants your updates. Even if they’re boring. Or sad. Or annoyingly cutesy. A friend says, “Sign me up for your boring crap, yes indeed” – because he likes you anyway. He’ll tolerate your junk. Too: You have lots of friends. Noel: No, I don’t. Too: You do. You know everyone at school. You get invited to parties. Noel: I get invited to parties, yeah. And I know people. But I don’t want their updates. Too: Oh. Noel: And I sincerely doubt they want mine. Too: I want your updates. Noel: I want your updates. (He looks down, bashfully.) I do. I want all your updates, Ruby.

— E. Lockhart

One day, she ventured to the palace library and was delighted to find what good company books could be.

— E. Lockhart

Our kiss was electric and soft, and tentative and certain, terrifying and exactly right. I felt the love rush from me to At and from At to me. We were warm and shivering, and young and ancient, and alive. I was thinking, It's true. We already love each other. We already do.

— E. Lockhart

Secrets are more powerful when people know you've got them," said Mr. Sutton. "You show them the tiniest edge of your secret, but the rest you keep under wraps.

— E. Lockhart