01UndatedMy bookcase is all yours."I walked to the door. "I've just decided that those are my favorite five words in the world.Kasie West / quote ↗
02UndatedMrs. Spence picks up a roll of toilet paper from the counter and scrunches her nose.“Ask Caymen about that,” Xander says.Great, now I have to explain to his mother about my vandalism? “Your son called me with a toilet paper emergency. I rushed right over.”She looks confused so Xander says, “She’s kidding, Mom.Kasie West / quote ↗
03UndatedEven though I knew this might end in heartbreak, that he might make my life scary and complicated and unpredictable, I knew I couldn't let him walk away. Because I knew he'd also make my life happy and comforting and full.Kasie West / quote ↗
04UndatedHe shrugs. "Doesn't help to waste my time thinking about would've-beens."Laila whispers, "He says to the girl with a mind full of them.Kasie West / quote ↗
06UndatedI can pay you."He raised his eyebrows. "I'm sure there are services for that.Maybe you can try calling 1-800-HOOKERS or something?""You know the number well?Kasie West / quote ↗
08UndatedWe make our own luck. I believed that, too. We chose our own fate. We controlled our own future. I knew what I wanted. I needed to go get it.Kasie West / quote ↗
09UndatedWe rarely find a depth by looking inside of ourselves for it. Depth is found in what we can learn from the people and things around us. Everyone, everything, has a story, Gia. When you learn those stories, you learn experiences that fill you up, that expand your understanding. You add layers to your soul.Kasie West / quote ↗
10UndatedYou need to empty your mind, and relax each other muscle group until you feel like you are going to melt into the floor. Then you just let it all go. All the expectations, all the unneeded worry, all the things other people want for you but you don't want for yourself.Kasie West / quote ↗
11UndatedBecause an illusion is an illusion. Reality always exists despite the facade.Kasie West / quote ↗
13UndatedIt was hard when I knew I was about to be flooded with memories of a life I hadn't lived yet. Really, two lives I hadn't lived yet.Kasie West / quote ↗
14UndatedLook at me, making one of your dreams come true. You and your Norm truck driving around Normville.""You're practically a god.Kasie West / quote ↗
15UndatedOne of my friends at the Compound has a photographic memory. Everything she ever sees, reads, or hears, she remembers forever in perfect detail.Kasie West / quote ↗
16UndatedI thought I wanted these memories, but now I realize he hardly knows me.Kasie West / quote ↗
17UndatedGrowing up, I never felt deprived. I was always happy. It seems only lately I've started seeing everything I didn't have.Kasie West / quote ↗
18UndatedIt was hard to remember what I'd been so scared of. Being treated differently? Lack of acceptance? I was the one who hadn't accepted myself for who I was. I was the one who needed to be comfortable in my own skin. I hoped I could do that moving forward.Kasie West / quote ↗
19UndatedHis hands still on his shoulders. “Hi,” he says. “Sorry.” “For what?” “For the fact that you are such a big flirt.” He laughs. “You’re the one in my lap. I was just sitting here minding my own business.” “Just the plane, then?” “Of course.” I try to stand up, but he pulls me back down again. “Man, the plane is really bumpy today,” he says.Kasie West / quote ↗
20UndatedMy hands still on his shoulders. “Hi,” he says. “Sorry.” “For what?” “For the fact that you are such a big flirt.” He laughs. “You’re the one in my lap. I was just sitting here minding my own business.” “Just the plane, then?” “Of course.” I try to stand up, but he pulls me back down again. “Man, the plane is really bumpy today,” he says.Kasie West / quote ↗
21UndatedI turn my head so that he doesn't see my smile and secretly curse him for making me feel special.Kasie West / quote ↗
22UndatedStop worrying about someone else's feelings for once and worry about your grade.Kasie West / quote ↗
24UndatedOnce Addie let someone in, she was impossible to forget. There was something about her that crawled inside a person and built a nice comfy home there, her goodness expanding until it filled every limb.Kasie West / quote ↗