Annie

“Oh, darling, as long as you still think I’m pretty, I don’t give a damn what I look like.”
― Lauren Roberts, Powerless

“They were opposites in many ways, but they both liked dancing badly, singing loud, and going fast on snowmobiles. That goes a long way. Best friends. Sisters before misters. And of all the things they’ve promised each other, the most important: we never desert each other.”
― Fredrik Backman, Beartown

“She and the girl rest their foreheads together. Say nothing, because they couldn't have heard anything anyway, the echo of the screams in their hearts is deafening.”
― Fredrik Backman, Beartown

“They’re fifteen and seventeen years old, and in ten years’ time they’ll remember this evening, when all the others were inside having a party, and they stood out here and became friends.”
― Fredrik Backman, Beartown