Crushed Quotes

“He looked back at the mirror. "I know it's completely ridiculous, but I can't keep quiet about it any longer. Your closet looks like it was put together by a blind nun, and your brother acts like a cross between a monkey and a go-kart, and you have the social skills of a rock. But I like you, Amy. Quite—quite a bit." He paused. "So, congratulations.”
― Riley Clifford, Crushed

“I'm going to hang up now," she said quietly.
"Fine."
"Good-bye, Ian," she said.
He paused again. She thought she heard something like a sniff or a choke, but it was probably the sound of him tearing up his plane ticket. "Good-bye, Amy."
She hung up the phone: Dan and Nellie were quiet.
"Well, think about it," said Dan. "Did you really want Natalie Kabra as a sister-in-law?”
― Riley Clifford, Crushed

“I'm throwing out this bottle rocket."
"No, wait!" Dan said, reaching for it. "It hasn't been set off yet. Don't waste it, Amy. And we don't have company coming—we have Ian Kabra coming. And I know you want to totally impress him and take him to the movies and stare dreamily into his eyes—"
"I do not," Amy said, too quickly.
"Oh, Ian," Dan said, pressing his lightsaber to his chest and batting his eyes. "Tell me again about your shiny, shiny shoes.”
― Riley Clifford, Crushed

“It was a miserable thing, to be responsible for breaking your own heart.”
― Clifford Riley, Crushed

“There are boys who will make you cry, and then there are boys who are worth spending your fabulous energy on.”
― Clifford Riley, Crushed

“And you used my heart as a Kleenex,” Nellie sang. “But you’re the one full of snot!”
― Clifford Riley, Crushed

“Honestly, what was the point of being the leader of the most powerful family in the world if you couldn’t even get your little brother to behave like a human being?”
― Clifford Riley, Crushed