42 Quotes by Carolyn Mackler

Never underestimate yourself

The one thing I do remember is that as I retraced my steps through all the familiar streets of my life, Inow felt completely lost.

I write that one sentence really tiny, like if she doesn't look hard enough she might not see it, like if I write it full size then it might be full-size true. And it's hard to imagine that full-size thing truly happening to me.

Hey, I wish we hung out more in high school. Why didn’t we?”“I was hiding,” Jake said thoughtfully.“Me too.”“You?”“In my own way.”Hearing that made Jake wonder if they’d all been in hiding, if he hadn’t been the only one who’d felt alone for so much of high school.

I love being reminded that existence itself is all about the tangling of souls.

Josh is loving and kind, and he knows me better than anyone. He knows the real me, and he likes me for who I am. Josh is...Josh. And now he's gone. I press my wet face into my pillow. This is what heartbreak feels like.

On Valentine's Day, the Spirit Club plastered the school with red streamersand pink balloons and red and pink hearts. It looked like Clifford the Big Red Dog ate a flock of flamigoes and then barfed his guts up.

Prior to being bullied, I was a very footloose sixth-grader. You know, I was quirky, I was creative - I really felt good in my own body. And when I was bullied in seventh grade, my self-esteem tanked.

You know how I feel about love. It was invented to sell wedding cakes. And vacations to Waikiki.