What's the Name of That Book??? discussion

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The Writing on the Wall
SOLVED: Children's/YA
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SOLVED. British YA, 80s or 90s, group of teens visit Amsterdam, "diamond in a dustbin" [s]
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The main character used to write poetry, one quote I think I remember is:
"You talk a lot of rubbish, our whole romance was trash
I'm glad we shared the pipe dreams, but you can keep the ash"
Needless to say I have googled these lines to no avail! Shame I can remember very specific quotes but not the title...
Both boys give her gifts which she sees as symbolic of how they feel about her. I think one gift was a hair clip. She says at one point that true love is "like finding a diamond in a dustbin" and I always thought that sentence was the title of the book, but I can't find any trace of it online.