Scarlett

“Could he hear my heart pounding?”
― Laurie Halse Anderson, The Impossible Knife of Memory

“Vince and TJ have been best friends as long as we have. It's not like they're going to let one stupid kiss come between them. Maybe it didn't mean anything. Maybe it was just a one-time thing. A mistake.”
― Elle Cosimano, Nearly Gone

“I kissed him until everything that hurt inside me melted into a pool of black water so deep I couldn’t touch the bottom. As long as I was touching him, I wouldn’t drown.”
― Laurie Halse Anderson, The Impossible Knife of Memory

“I'm dead, but I can't stop living.”
― Lauren Oliver, Before I Fall