How it's so easy for her to not feel anything at all, to be just completely gone, to not be around to see how fucked up she's made me. She got to disappear completely, and I feel like I'm about to combust.

— Nina LaCour

I can't muster a smile. Even with the knowledge that it's dark outside and light up here, it's hard to believe that he can see us. We should be invisible. We are so alone. Mabel and I are standing side by side, but we can't even see each other. In the distance are the lights of town. People must be finishing their workdays, picking up their kids, figuring out dinner. They're talking to one another in easy voices about things of great significance and things that don't mean much. The distance between us and all of that living feels insurmountable.

— Nina LaCour

I don't want to hurt you or anybody, so please forget about me. Just try. Find yourself a better friend.

— Nina LaCour

If only I had something to take the edge off the loneliness. If only lonely were a more accurate word. It should sound much less pretty.

— Nina LaCour

I hate that word. Straight. At the very least, those of us who are nonstraight should get called curvy. Or scenic. Actually, I like that: 'Do you think she's straight?' 'Oh no. She's scenic

— Nina LaCour

I imagine what would happen if everyone turned their regrets into wishes, went around shouting them.

— Nina LaCour

I leaned over the sink, closer to my reflection, and stare at myself hard. I don't know what I see. Furthermore, I don't even know what I want to see.

— Nina LaCour

I’ll make a swing, so I can reach the places I can’t reach yet.

— Nina LaCour

I'm sorry I left without telling you," she says. "I wasn't ready. I wanted it so much, and I wasn't ready for that.

— Nina LaCour

I never realized what a big deal that was. How amazing it is to find someone who wants to hear about all the things that go on in your head. You just think that things will stay the way they are. You never look up, in a moment that feels like every other moment in your life, and think, "Soon this will be over". But I understand more now. About the way life works.

— Nina LaCour