Quotes from work

Flipped

“Sometimes a little discomfort in the beginning can save a whole lot of pain down the road.”

“There's nothing like a head-strong woman to make you happy to be alive.”

“Julie always tried to stand beside me, or talk to me, or in some other way mortify me.”

“If chaos is a necessary step in the organization of one's universe, then I was well on my way.”

“All of a sudden I didn't fit in anywhere. Not at school, not at home… and every time I turned around, another person I'd known forever felt like a stranger to me. Even I felt like a stranger to me.”

“You can't dwell on what might have been… and it's not fair to condemn him for something he hasn't done.”

“The room fell quiet. And as I read down the list of over one hundred and fifty eight-grade boys, I realized that to me, there had only ever been one boy.”

“I'd scale that monster sycamore if I could. Right to the top. And I'd yell her name across the rooftops for the whole world to hear.

-Bryce”

“What he did to my heart was sheer, inexplicable, magic.”

“I had liked him for all the wrong reasons.”

“But in my heart I knew that just like the new grass, I wasn't strong enough yet to be walked on”

“Get beyond his eyes and his smile and the sheen of his hair -- Look at what's really there.”

“There's no winning arguments with your parents”

“One's character is set at an early age. The choices you make now will affect you for the rest of your life. I hate to see you swim out so far you can't swim back.”

“I was slipping, man, and it was definetly time to get a grip.”

“What I'm expecting is for you to behave like the gentleman I always thought you were.”

“You never forget your first love.”

“… Next time you're faced with a choice, do the right thing. It hurts everyone less in the long run.”

“Somehow the silence seemed to connect us in a way like words never could.”