28 Quotes by Nora Raleigh Baskin

Anger sends out a strange energy, like a force field in a science fiction movie. It repels. It destroys.

Because in the end it was just about people: mothers, fathers, friends, foes, sisters, brothers, children born and not yet born, sons, and daughters; people from all over the United States and then all over the globe, whose lives would never be the same. Because the world changed that day, slowly and then all at once.

Romance goes like this: Boy gets girl. Boy loses girl. Boy gets girl again. The end. It can’t be any other way.

But really, if you ask me, there is only one kid of plot. One. Stuff happens. That’s it.

He says, “But, hey, wouldn’t it be weird-if Bennu wakes up from the operation, and he’s all tall and stuff, and then he doesn’t recognize himself in the mirror?

It’s not about what makes you feel better or worse. If it’s the right thing to do and you know it, you should do it.

But just because you can’t see something doesn’t mean it’s not there. And just because you don’t remember something doesn’t mean you don’t miss it. And just because you are used to something doesn’t mean it’s normal” -Ruby.

Boys are not supposed to cry. Because when they do, things get worse. Then suddenly you have two problems. You have whatever it was that made you cry in the first place, and then you also have the problem that you are a boy crying. And someone is bound to let you know this is worse. So now you have two problems.

These were such friendly people, they didn’t notice how crabby we were, and before you knew it everyone was as happy as they were.