I was so blinded by her talent that I didn't recognize the tremendous pain behind her work. She gave me hundreds of images, so many chances to see that she was in trouble. I failed her.

— Nina LaCour

I was such a quiet kid, so shy and calm and in my own head. Of course, I knew about being sad. Maybe that's the reason I saved all the things I thought were pretty.

— Nina LaCour

I wish I knew why she never told me any of this. Maybe she thought I wouldn't be able to handle it, that I was too sheltered or too innocent or something. If she had told me why she cut herself all the time, or that it was the pills that made her act so spaced out, or that she was even on pills, or even saw doctors, or any of it, I would have done my best to help her. I'm not saying I'm a superhero. I'm not saying I would have just swooped down and saved her. Furthermore, I'm just saying the only reason everything was a waste was that she made it a waste. That whole time, back when I was just a normal kid in high school, living out my normal life, I really thought everything mattered.

— Nina LaCour

My best friend is dead, and I could have saved her. It’s so wrong so completely and painfully wrong, that I walked through my front door tonight smiling.

— Nina LaCour

My life is just waiting for you to get started.

— Nina LaCour

My room is so quiet and empty it hurts.

— Nina LaCour

No," I say. "I didn't know that," and as I say it I feel flooded with bitterness at all the things Ingrid kept secret from me.

— Nina LaCour

People take one another for granted

— Nina LaCour

That's what friends do: they notice things. They're there for each other. They see what parents don't.

— Nina LaCour

The best things aren't perfectly constructed. They aren't illusions. They aren't larger than life. They are life.

— Nina LaCour