The Summer I Turned Pretty (Summer, #1)

by Jenny Han

I didn’t call him. I put the phone back in its cradle. He should be the one calling me; not the other way around. He was the father; I was just the kid.

Period

Sometimes it’s like people are a million times more beautiful to you in your mind. It’s like you see them through a special lens—but maybe if it’s how you see them, that’s how they really are.

Victory is a thousand times sweeter when you’re the underdog.

It’s the imperfections that make things beautiful.”