150 Quotes by Lisa McMann

There’s just no happily ever after in Janie’s book. But they both know there is something. Something good between them. There is respect. And there is depth. Unslefishness. An understanding between them that surpasses a hell of a lot else. And there’s that love thing.

These items make up my existence. The library tells my story, the mastodon my mistakes, the ship my discoveries and my abilities to make old things new without magic, and the whale... my limitations, I suppose.

Because there’s no way on earth she’s going to make it through college unless she grows some serious ovaries and turns this train wreck around.

When we come in, Trey is sitting up in the bed, him arm is a sling and a shadow of stubble on his face. “It’s about time,” he says. He’s got the look of a stoner on his face, and I he’s got a morphine drip going. Guess mom and Dad don’t think HE’LL get addicted. Eye roll.

You – best secret boyfriend ever.

With the notebook resting ominuslously on Janie’s bed, Janie procrastinates. Does her homework first. And pours herself a bowl of ceral. Breakfast – one of the five most important meals of the day. Not to be skipped.

I know it’s hard when things like this happen. It’s painful. Sometimes we make sacrifices. Sometimes we lose dear friends whom we love deeply, and that makes us want to hold our other loved ones closer so we don’t lose them, too.

But everything came flooding back too fast. Meghan was still unconscious, Sam and Lani were still missing, Simber was still at the bottom of the ocean, and Mr. Today.

Just because you fail once in a while doesn’t make you a failure. It makes you real.