I need to explain all this to Adam in private. I can't get McGillicuddy to explain it to him. Something will be lost in translation."" Well, excuse me that I can't look at him all googly-eyed," my brother said." And he's liable to punch you," I said.

— Jennifer Echols

It’s going to be a pretty day to fly.

— Jennifer Echols

It's one thing to think you're worthless, and quite another for somebody else to tell you that you are.

— Jennifer Echols

I turned to the clarinets. They were a resourceful lot.

— Jennifer Echols

I wanted to remind you that you do not allow me to deliver boats, as I have been known to crash them.

— Jennifer Echols

Let's go," I said." Go where?"" On Lori's date with Parker." Now he looked at me over the nerdy spectacles he wore for reading." I wasn't aware it was a double date. And you're not my type.

— Jennifer Echols

Of!" Adam caught me all right, with the side of his head. I could tell by the feel of his skull on my foot as I kicked him. He grabbed me the best he could anyway, and we half landed, half fell in the pine needles. He lay face down on the ground. I flopped him over on his back to make sure he was alive. If he had a concussion, we'd have to call the ambulance, which meant we'd get caught, and he'd get sent to military school. On the bright side, maybe the military school would not take him if he had brain damage." I'm so sorry."" Worth it," he grunted. He rolled onto his feet like a ninja and grabbed my hand. "Hurry, before they release the hounds.

— Jennifer Echols

Oh, God," Lori said without looking at me, "what are they thinking, leaving the two of us alone out here on the dock together? We might TALK or something."" That would be awful," I said. "I might give you a hickey." She laughed, still watching for Cameron's start instead of looking at me. "Just by talking to me?"" I can talk filthy. You'd be surprised.

— Jennifer Echols

Oh.” My dad actually looked sheepish. “It’s one o’clock in the morning, and I was going to tell you to shut the monkey up and go to bed. I didn’t realize what was going on in here.”“What’s going on in here?” Cameron asked suspiciously.“Maturity.” My dad backed out of the room and closed the door.

— Jennifer Echols

Seeing him jogging at the park had cracked the window, so I could peek into his soul. Seeing him with his friends threw the window wide

— Jennifer Echols