That Was Then, This is Now

by S.E. Hinton

If you have two friends in your lifetime, you’re lucky. If you have one good friend, you’re more than lucky.

You know what the crummiest feeling you can have is? To hate the person you love best in the world.

Nothing bad happens to you when you’re a kid.

As soon as something bad happens to you, it’s like your childhood is gone - you’re no longer a ‘kid’

It’s pretty lousy to have the two people you care about most hate each other.

It seemed impossible that I could once feel so emotional about someone, and then suddenly feel nothing.

The mystery of feelings towards another person