We Were Liars

by E. Lockhart

“The universe is seeming really huge right now,” he told me. “I need something to hold on to.”

Someone once wrote that a novel should deliver a series of small astonishments. I get the same thing spending an hour with you.

but she’s got power—because she’s got money.

“Three flowers for you. You should have three.”

“Do not accept an evil you can change.”

“Cady, I’m serious. We should not always do what we are afraid to do,” says Mirren heatedly. “We never should.” “Why not?” “You could die. You could get hurt. If you are terrified, there’s probably a good reason. You should trust your impulses.”

This island is ours. Here, in some way, we are young forever.