429 Quotes by Deb Caletti

It took me years to figure out that upset was upset, and tumultuousness was not the same thing as passion. Love isn't drama.

Rejection, though--it could make the loss of someone you weren't even that crazy about feel gut wrenching and world ending.

I could forget that part, but it had to have been true.

Flawed Human Parents + Shit Life Throws At You = Childhood That 'Builds Character.

Knowledge is so comforting, but so is mystery.

The word just hangs, until Severin starts the blender and there's only the sound of crunching and grinding vitamins, the silvery core of nourishment, containing every essential thing but the nourishment itself." (pg. 82)

It's weird to have him paying attention after years of not paying attention.

summer, after all, is a time when wonderful things can happen to quiet people. for those few months, you’re not required to be who everyone thinks you are, and that cut-grass smell in the air and the chance to dive into the deep end of a pool give you a courage you don’t have the rest of the year. you can be grateful and easy, with no eyes on you, and no past. summer just opens the door and lets you out.

I don't get why prom is like a mini-wedding these days...No one should spend that kind of money for a high school dance.