“I trailed off.Patch leaned lazily against the counter. Dark hair flipped out from under his ball cap. A smile tugged at his mouth. My thoughts dissolved and just like that, a new thought broke the surface of my mind. I wanted to kiss him. Right now.”

Right now, holding you, i feel like we have a shot at beating all odds and making it together.

Right now, vee was the only person i could count on. She could be obnoxious,annoying, and lazy, but she never lied to me.

Nora: what are you planning? Patch: i wouldn’t call this planning. I’d call this throwing a hail mary with seconds left on the clock.

I was just about to ask you the same thing. I know you followed me. Don’t look so suprised. It’s called a rearview mirror. Are you stalking me for a specific reason?

Vee said,” i’m trying to read the title he’s holdinghang onhow to be a stalker.” “he is not checking out a book with that title.” but i wasn’t so sure. “it’s either that of how to radiate sexy without trying.

Youre crowding me. I need room…. What i needed were boundaries. I needed willpower. I needed to be caged up, since yet again i was proving i couldnt be trusted in patchs presence. I should have been bolting for the door, and yet i wasnt.

Nice costume,” he said. “ditto. I can tell you put a lot of thought into yours.” amusement curled his mouth. “if you don’t like it, i can take it off.

Your enemy’s enemy is your friend

Hang on, did you just call me angel?” “if i did?

I couldn’t look at you and breath at the same time.

Patch backed me into a tree and kissed me, hard. I regained my breath. “boys take not everywhere: that was a kiss.

I don’t go out with strangers,” i said. “good thing i do. I’ll pick you up at five.

I had to lull mom and hank into believing i was in the right frame of mind to be taken into public. If i exited my bedroom foaming at the mouth and dressed in black love sucks tee, my plan would never get off the ground.

And anyway, the first three letters in the word diet should tell you what i want it to do.

My arms hurt from how tightly patch held me. Now thats what i call a scream, he said, grinning at me.

I’m not the distraction in the room.’ ‘oh? And what might be?’ -nora & patch (pg 242)

Accept – then act. Whatever the present moment contains, accept it as if you had chosen it. Always work with it, not against it.

My tears have dried and I know that no weapon formed against me will prosper.

Learn to discipline your emotions. If you don’t, people will use them against you.

Patience is of two kinds: patience over what pains you, and patience against what you covet.

Even after centuries of human interacting, children still continue to rebel against their parents and siblings.

Life is all about going through upward and all in to pursue our dreams. Don’t let any kind of obstacle and failure pin you down or push you against your success in life. 

When I don’t feel free and can’t do what I want, I just react. I go against it.

We Athenians hold that it is not poverty that is disgraceful but the failure to struggle against it.