English as a Second Language Quotes

“Sometimes I think I'll never really belong anywhere, or trust anyone. I think I need to learn how to stop caring about that."

"You can't decide not to care," Sean said. "You can only control your response."

"Is that really possible?" I asked.

"It really is," he said. "It even starts to get a little bit easier."

"Really?" My voice sounded like a stranger's. "When?”
― Megan Crane, English as a Second Language

“The woman was the kind of woman that the British find breathtakingly sexy and I could never figure out why. She had short, dark hair that was a little bit spiky on top and a curvy little body. She was cute, I supposed, but was no goddess. She wasn't worthy of him. And yet Sean looked like he wanted to eat her up.”
― Megan Crane, English as a Second Language

“Adulthood is knowing that a fully realized character is always more important than the lines.”
― Megan Crane, English as a Second Language