“You should shower,” i said. “right now.” “i smell that bad?” (patch) actually, he smelled that good.”

Vee lowered her lashes and smiled wickedly. “this class isn’t going to teach me anything i don’t already know.” “vee? As in virgin?” “not so loud.” she winked just as the bell rang, sending us both to our seats, which were side by side at our shared table.

Why did everyone think i needed a new boyfriend? I didn’t need a new boyfriend. I’d had enough of boyfriends to last a lifetime. The only thing a boyfriend was good for was a shattered heart.

How did you get in?” “i move in mysterious ways.” “god moves in mysterious ways. You move like lightening-here one moment, gone the next.

I’m not good,” he said, piercing me with eyes that absorbed all light but reflected none, “but i was worse.

You’re mine, angel, and don’t you forget it. Your fights are my fights. What if something bad had happened today? It was bad enough when i thought your ghost was haunting me; i don’t think i can handle the real thing.

When it comes to reflexes, i’m like a cat. I’m catwoman. I’m invulnerable. The only reason he got a piece of me is because of the rain. Cats don’t like water. It impairs us. It’s our kryptonite.

Boys everywhere take note: that was a kiss.

You can call me patch. No really. Call me.

Whoa, who peed in your cheerios?

But if the choice i have to make comes down to you or me, i choose you. I always have. All my love, patch

There’s only one thing i know for certain anymore.” he turned, his eyes a clear black. “that i would do anything for you, even if it means going against mu instincts or my very nature. I would lay down everything i possess, even my soul, for you. If that isn’t love, it’s the best i have.

If i need romance, that’s what netflix is for.

He’s got the whole bad-boy-in-need-of-redemption thing going on, but the catch is, most bad boys don’t want redemption. They like being bad. They like the power they get from striking fear and panic into the hearts of mothers everywhere

Im not going to kill you, nora. I dont kill people who are important to me. And you top the list.

His smile was sexy and warned of trouble, but i’d made up my mind that not all trouble was bad.

That was a good fight back in the gym, he said. But i think you could benefit from a few more boxing lessons.

We’ve reached a point where people are actually afraid to talk about what they want to say, because somebody might be offended. We’ve got to get over this sensitivity and it keeps people from saying what they really believe.

The only time you are actually growing is when you are uncomfortable.

At the age of fourteen I discovered writing as an escape from a world of reality in which I felt acutely uncomfortable.

I couldn’t wait to get out of school, but once I did, I didn’t actually know what I wanted to do with myself. I don’t really know how it happened, but I just started writing music and realized that’s what I wanted to do.

It would actually feel forced or unnatural to try to do a different singing style or to try to change my sound completely.

I actually love the summer. When I went to Miami on tour, I was actually like, ‘I love this place.’

Actually, I’m happiest in Williams-Sonoma in New York. That’s a wonderful cooking store.

I wanted to be a farmer; actually, I wanted to be a horse-breeder. And I had the stallions… but then I heard Little Richard, and that was it.