Stephanie J. Scott > Quotes

“My blush game came on so strong my mom probably sensed it at work two zip codes away.”
― Stephanie J. Scott, All Last Summer

“Nerdery I chose to conceal for the hope of a normal high school experience.”
― Stephanie J. Scott, All Last Summer

“Take Greg with you.” Manny stood from the passenger seat, leaning over the SUV’s roof. “And leave you with all the girls? No way, dude.” “Bad deal,” Greg agreed.”
― Stephanie J. Scott, All Last Summer

“When I came into view of Aidan, my breath caught. He wore a weathered gray vest with black leather clasps over a faded white peasant shirt. It was…well, it was pretty hot. If you were into dudes wearing vests from historical eras. Which I discovered I was.”
― Stephanie J. Scott, All Last Summer

“I couldn’t believe that used to feel special.”
― Stephanie J. Scott, All Last Summer

“Aidan: Thought of you today. A photo of a rose blossom appeared beneath his message. The area around it faded in soft focus, almost muted, so the bright red of the rose stood out even more.”
― Stephanie J. Scott, All Last Summer

“Aidan looked at me with care and concern. With something more I couldn’t name.”
― Stephanie J. Scott, All Last Summer

“dimple.”
― Stephanie J. Scott, All Last Summer

“It was everything I needed. One person who understood. The swirling shame and hurt and awkwardness settled and sank. Not gone, but no longer rising to the top.”
― Stephanie J. Scott, All Last Summer

“Mental note: Danger! Danger! Frenemy warning!”
― Stephanie J. Scott, All Last Summer

“Hello, Universe? Could I rewind and start over?”
― Stephanie J. Scott, All Last Summer

“Aidan nodded and grinned. He was teasing me with that grin. I loved it. I hated it. I hated that I loved it.”
― Stephanie J. Scott, All Last Summer

“A sense of peace, of certainty, settled over me. I was right where I needed to be.”
― Stephanie J. Scott, All Last Summer

“condiments?”
― Stephanie J. Scott, All Last Summer

“My breath left me. Aidan was still protecting me even though I’d pushed him away.”
― Stephanie J. Scott, All Last Summer

“Of being a maker of things. Useful things. This concept of crafting, of creating with my hands—that’s what I want to do. That’s what you’re doing.”
― Stephanie J. Scott, All Last Summer

“I’ve had plenty of sad moments. I don’t need to drown myself in ice cream pints to get over the guy who cheated on me.”
― Stephanie J. Scott, All Last Summer

“That’s what mature people do. They call each other out when they’ve done wrong. They listen to each other. And then they change.”
― Stephanie J. Scott, All Last Summer

“I crawled into bed, tucking blankets around me into a fluffy cocoon. I didn’t want to think about Matt. Thinking about him meant replaying the breakup, and replaying all the things I’d done wrong leading up to it.”
― Stephanie J. Scott, All Last Summer

“I wanted to get over old hang-ups. I wanted to move on.”
― Stephanie J. Scott, All Last Summer

“His grin. Oh my goodness, his grin was…not terrible. I tore myself away from staring at his lips. And his white and very much imperfect teeth that were possibly endearing in their slight crookedness.”
― Stephanie J. Scott, All Last Summer

“I’m sorry. I guess I was caught between smiling at you taking him down and not wanting to look like I was laughing about it. I wasn’t laughing. I was…proud.”
― Stephanie J. Scott, All Last Summer

“I’m sorry I was such a good girlfriend. I was so good, I tricked you into believing you had to do absolutely nothing to gain my devotion. You could have spat on me, and I’d wipe it from my face and tell you how great you were at spitting”
― Stephanie J. Scott, All Last Summer

“Seeing you away from him, you’re not at all like what I expected. You’re a whole person. You’re Lila, not Matt and Lila.”
― Stephanie J. Scott, All Last Summer

“Well, thanks for thinking of me.” “Kind of a trend lately.” “Oh?” I managed in a nonchalant tone. He grinned. “Yeah. I think about you a lot.”
― Stephanie J. Scott, All Last Summer

“Just us, here, right now. Us, who we were now and whoever we wanted to be.”
― Stephanie J. Scott, All Last Summer

“Somewhere in the middle of my old and new Lila personas, the real me was trapped and trying to break free.”
― Stephanie J. Scott, All Last Summer

“I’d been trying not to overanalyze, but this was me. Analyzing was my DNA. Not part of it, but my actual DNA.”
― Stephanie J. Scott, All Last Summer

“Hello, Elephant. Meet room.”
― Stephanie J. Scott, All Last Summer

“He flashed a smile hitting me at the knees. Him being so understanding only made me sink further.”
― Stephanie J. Scott, All Last Summer