"The truth doesn't get you very far on the streets, or in a group home, or even in high school. That's probably why the idea of Liars, Inc. appealed to me. Everybody lies. You might as well get paid fo..."
- Paula Stokes
"Maybe I could dole out the truth in tiny pieces that, once assembled, would make a picture that resembled a reality in which I hadn’t done anything wrong."
"Monsters don’t get happy endings."
"I laugh as an unfamiliar feeling envelops me. I think it might be happiness."
"I get it. Traveling halfway across the world to run into the boy you grew up with, getting back together after years apart—that’s an epic fucking fairytale. I don’t blame you for being seduced by it. ..."
"The world needs more beautiful things."
"We’re like magnets, you know. Only I’m spinning, so I keep pulling you in and then pushing you away. I like you, but then you hurt me, so I run. I like you, but then something makes things feel imposs..."
"I think about the way Baz teased me earlier, how he wanted to know what it felt like to have someone who would do anything for me. Maybe it sounds comforting to know there is a person out there who wo..."
"I go back for seconds and thirds and fourths and fifths, when it’s good. Just not if it means some guy gets to put a leash on me."
"To me, Mother Nature isn't nearly as scary as human nature."