“Like my mother said, you can't go back to holding hands”

“And he's never met anyone like Harris, his unruly daredevil of a cousin.”

“Oh, don't be a spoilsport. Gossip is sexy. Gossip is good. Not everybody does it, but everybody should!”

"They tell you to do your own thing but they don't mean it. They don't want you to do your thing, not unless it happens to be their thing, too"

“Sometimes it seemed to him that his life was delicate as a dandelion. One little puff from any direction, and it was blown to bits.”

“I'd like to give you my heart, but since that might be inconvenient, I've brought you someone else's.”

“The only evil is that I don't mind that it happened.”

“Your Doppelgänger will regurgitate on your soul!”

“Sometimes when we’re in situations where we feel we’re not in control, we do things, especially things that take a lot of energy, as a way of making ourselves feel we have some power.”

“I have survived. I am here. Confused, screwed up, but here. So, how can I find my way? Is there a chain saw of the soul, an ax I can take to my memories or fears?”

“He saw the irresistible allure of high school sports, but he also saw an inevitable danger in adults’ living vicariously through their young. And he knew of no candle that burned out more quickly than that of the high school athlete.”

“He knew that we take what the universe gives us, and we either get the most out of it or we don’t, but in the end we all go out the same way.”