Mary

“...because there will never be any boy's wrist to tie the balloon of your helium heart to (it has floated high far away from the heavy stone of that unnameable boy in chicago), you would never be with someone and then someone else, and you would definitely never be someone to someone else's else.”
― Terra Elan McVoy, After the Kiss

“they have seen the likes of you before, they may be intrigued by the looks of you, but they know that you-like everyone else-will leave them in the end.”
― Terra Elan McVoy, After the Kiss

“It's all eggs and milk in here, and those have expiration dates, so.”
― Terra Elan McVoy, Being Friends with Boys

“I know—better than anyone—that once someone’s made up her mind to leave you, there’s nothing you can do to make her stay.”
― Terra Elan McVoy, Being Friends with Boys