44 Quotes by Laurie Elizabeth Flynn

I don’t want to be the girl he dates senior year and loses interest in when he goes off to college. I want to be just fast enough for Zach to have to run to catch up, because if I stay ahead, I won’t ever have to see his retreating back.

Maybe trust is the brake I’m looking for.

Remember all the times you told me no? All the times you brushed me off when I tried to make you my girlfriend? I stuck around after that. And I’m sticking around now. You can’t get rid of me that easily.

The more friends you have, the higher your chance of taking a knife in your back.

I feel the need to fill the silence, like it’s my fault it’s even awkward in the first place.

There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear.

We’re all allowed to have one little secret.

I want to be just fast enough for Zach to have to run to catch up, because if I stay ahead, I won’t ever have to see his retreating back.

Next Wednesday is part of our routine, another chance to spend lunch hour doing it somewhere else in Kim’s immaculate house. Maybe on the white leather couch next time, the one she loves too much to even let me sit on.