Listen, Harper. I realize how hard this is for you." A flash of anger heats up in my chest. She doesn't understand. She can't. If she did, she'd leave me alone instead of trying to force me to talk about this.

— Hannah Harrington

Maybe Laney's right. Maybe June did love me. But I'm far less certain that she knew I loved her. Did she realize how much I needed her around? It's not like I ever told her. I was too wrapped up in my own world to notice what was going on in hers. Even if she did know, it wasn't enough to count. It wasn't enough to make her stay. So really, what did it matter, in the

— Hannah Harrington

Maybe Laney's right. Maybe June did love me. But I'm far less certain that she knew I loved her. Did she realize how much I needed her around? It's not like I ever told her. I was too wrapped up in my own world to notice what was going on in hers. Even if she did know, it wasn't enough to count. It wasn't enough to make her stay. So really, what did it matter, in the end? Wasn't enough. There's no excuse. There is nothing that will ever make that okay.

— Hannah Harrington

My life is now divided into two periods: With June and After June. I can't wrap my mind around the idea of it.

— Hannah Harrington

No problem. Just drop it back off before you go," he says, procuring a brass key. "And if he puts on Bowie's early stuff and starts sweet-talking, dammit, you run. You run as fast as you can.

— Hannah Harrington

Seth turns to Laney and me. "Three months ago, I'm in Detroit protesting a free trade conference, right? Some pig shoves me, I go flying into another, next thing I know I'm on the ground with a Taser in my back. I get thrown in city jail, no money and one phone call. So I call Jake. You know what this fucker did? He dropped everything, drove up and bailed me out, no questions."" Like I could just leave you," Jake says. "You're too pretty. You're a delicate flower. They would've ripped you apart in there.

— Hannah Harrington

Sketchy black van? Weird stalking of my house? What are you going to do next, offer me some candy?

— Hannah Harrington

Some people think that a place can save them... Like if they could just be somewhere else, their lives would be totally different. They could finally be the people they always wanted to be. But to me, a place is just a place. If you really want things to change, you can make them change no matter where you are.

— Hannah Harrington

Stupid bitch," he spits, and that's when I mentally punch him in the face. Except it isn't just mentally—it's for real, my closed fist is actually moving. It hits him square in the nose with a sickening crunch." Oh my God," Laney breathes from behind me." Oh my God," Jake says from the floor. My eyes widen. "Oh my God.

— Hannah Harrington

That hate is easy, but sometimes love is easy too.

— Hannah Harrington