14 Quotes by Marta Acosta

Life isn't fair, so you have to play the best game you can with the cards you're dealt.

Who are we without our memories?

She raised her eyebrows, then said, "Good morning, young lady. You look mildly less ghastly today."Being serious doesn't mean that you have to tolerate abuse. "Gee thanks. I'll cherish your compliment forever," I said as I poured a cup of coffee.

You know, talking to you is as satisfying as smashing my fingers with a hammer.

I took one look at his composed face and know he doesn’t understand,because if he did understand, he would be weeping, too, for this boy who loved a world that never loved him.

Sometimes you suffer for the things that are important to you.

It really turns me on when you talk geek.

I've created a monster""No you just released one.

Lily, the girl who’d talked back to the jock, said, “I want to get as far awayfrom my parents as possible. We’re like potassium and water.”The other kids laughed and I said, “Huh?”“If potassium comes into contact with water, it instantly combusts,” Lilysaid slowly so if she was talking to a child.