292 Quotes by E. Lockhart

It is better to be alone, she figures, than to be with someone who can’t see who you are. It is better to lead than to follow. It is better to speak up than stay silent. It is better to open doors than to shut them on people.

I said something about what if what if we could somehow stop being the Beautiful Sinclair Family and just be a family? What if we could stop being different colors, different backgrounds, and just be in love?

He didn’t shut up when people wanted him to, he made them listen – and then he listened in return. He refused to take things lightly, though he was always quick to laugh.

A part of me died,” he says. “And it was the best part.

It really bothers me how in books it seems like the only two choices are perfection or self-hatred.

I am the center of the story now, Jule said to herself. I don’t have to weigh very little, wear very little, or have my teeth fixed. I am the center.

Every curve of his face was familiar, and also, I had never seen him before.

But the thing that makes me really messed up is the contradiction: when I’m not hating myself, I feel righteous and victmized. Like the world is so unfair.

He asked about Dad and about Gran- as if talking about something could make it better. As if wounds needed attention.