292 Quotes by E. Lockhart

It is good to be loved, even though it will not last.

But you can be talky and paint your fingernails and still be very sad. In fact, you can be talky and paint your fingernails to protect other people from how sad you are.

It is true I suffer migraines since my accident. It is true I do not suffer fools.

It was part of their mission as a secret society – as it is part of the mission of most secret societies, actually – to not be entirely secret.

Yeah.” Gat was silent for a moment. “Do you believe in God?” “Halfway.” I tried to think about it seriously. I knew Gat wouldn’t settle for a flippant answer. “When things are bad, I’ll pray or imagine someone watching over me, listening. Like the first few days after my dad left, I thought about God. For protection. But the rest of the time, I’m trudging along in my everyday life. It’s not even slightly spiritual.

It tasted like salt and failure. The bright red shame of being unloved soaked the grass in front of our house, the bricks of the path, the steps to the porch.

Dances are generally more fun to think about and get ready for than they actually are when you get there.

If only she could go back in time, Jule felt, she would be a better person. Or a different person. She would be more herself. Or maybe less herself.

He is bounce, effort and snark.