“The worst part of holding the memories is not the pain. It's the loneliness of it. Memories need to be shared.”

“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!”

“Why is life so complicated....?' I asked. 'To keep us from being bored,' he said.”

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

“Your Doppelgänger will regurgitate on your soul!”

“The best things in life are simple. Simple things work. They don't foul up. It's the complicated things that get twisted around on you.”

“Never miss a chance...to keep your mouth shut.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

"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"