254 Quotes by Courtney Summers

It was a terrible thing sure, but we live in a world that had no shortage of terrible things. You can't stop all of them.

You don't have to be our worst case, to be a worthy case.

If you tell a story - something real, something true - you get to be alive in other people. And writing feels like the most... the greatest chance I'll ever have at being - alive.

You know all the ways you can kill a girl?God, there are so many.

The people feel and look the same, like they've settled here even though they know there's something more-something better-just beyond where they are.Small-town life.

I live in a place that's only good for leaving.

Because you made it here on a lot less" he says and he has no idea how on the mark he is.

I elbow my way through the mass of people to get to my locker because there's something immensely satisfying about the toughest part of my arm connecting with the softest part of everyone else.

Mom and Dad exchange a nervous glance and have a telepathic conversation about it. I hear every word. Do we let her out? It's past curfew. True, but look at that—at least she asked! I know! I can hardly believe it! She could have sneaked out, but she asked! I know! We're good parents! "What time will you be back?" Dad asks.