Island Girls (and Boys) Quotes

“Dylan wrapped his arms around my middle and pulled me closer to him. Perhaps the true reason Hollywood made scary movies. So guys could have an excuse for holding a girl close.”
― Rachel Hawthorne, Island Girls (and Boys): A YA Beach Romance and Coming-of-Age Story

“That sounded so incredibly romantic. Of course, Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet had thought the same thing in Titanic. And look how that had ended.”
― Rachel Hawthorne, Island Girls (and Boys): A YA Beach Romance and Coming-of-Age Story

“Love is strange. It has no rhyme or reason. It simply is.”
― Rachel Hawthorne, Island Girls (and Boys): A YA Beach Romance and Coming-of-Age Story

“And his kiss wasn't at all like his smile. It wasn't crooked or one-sided. It was quite simply... perfect.”
― Rachel Hawthorne, Island Girls (and Boys): A YA Beach Romance and Coming-of-Age Story

“Do you and Zach have trouble living together?'
'No. Must be a chick thing.'
'And you're sexist.'
'I'm sexy.”
― Rachel Hawthorne, Island Girls (and Boys): A YA Beach Romance and Coming-of-Age Story

“What are you going to do?” I asked.
“Throw his things off the balcony.”
She started gathering up his clothes, tossing them onto the bed into a pile.
“I’ll show him, I’ll—” She let out a bloodcurdling scream.
I snapped my head around to look where she was looking—at the balcony door. Noah was pressed up against it.
“Come on, babe, let me explain.”
Chelsea glared at me accusingly. “I thought you said only Spider-Man could climb onto the balcony.”
“I guess if he backed his truck up, climbed in the bed of it, it would give him enough height—”
― Rachel Hawthorne, Island Girls (and Boys): A YA Beach Romance and Coming-of-Age Story

“You'll be okay, Chels," I said. The words seemed lame, but I knew the truth of them. Or at least it seemed like I was getting over Dylan. I only thought about him every minute of every day now, instead of every second.”
― Rachel Hawthorne, Island Girls (and Boys): A YA Beach Romance and Coming-of-Age Story

“You gonna order or what?"
I looked down at the lobster-red face of the kid. He was probably about eight. At that moment, I hated the male species. "I'm gonna what.”
― Rachel Hawthorne, Island Girls (and Boys): A YA Beach Romance and Coming-of-Age Story

“Dylan let go of my hand, reached down, picked up a shell, and threw it into the surf. It was like he suddenly needed something to do.
“Your friends are nice,” he said.
“Thanks. So is Zach.”
“So are you.”
He looked over at me, and even though it was night, there were enough lights from the buildings, the moon, and the stars for me to see that he was studying me intently.
“You’re nice, too.” I felt like such a dweeb. I couldn’t think of anything clever to say. And the description seemed so inadequate when applied to him.
“Glad we agree that everyone’s nice,” he said.”
― Rachel Hawthorne, Island Girls (and Boys): A YA Beach Romance and Coming-of-Age Story

“You know, you don't have to hang out with me. I mean, summer's short, and you need to make the most of your time."
"Hanging out with you is making the most of my time.”
― Rachel Hawthorne, Island Girls (and Boys): A YA Beach Romance and Coming-of-Age Story

“At least today you've got your shade."
"It's raining." He said it like it was my fault, like I'd done something to make it rain. Oh, to have such power. I'd turn him into a toad.
"Exactly, so there's no sun, which is what you were complaining about the other day."
"I like the sun."
"I thought you wanted shade."
"You have to have sun to have shade."
Okay. This was going nowhere.”
― Rachel Hawthorne, Island Girls (and Boys): A YA Beach Romance and Coming-of-Age Story

“Excuse me, but if you have time to work here—in between flirting and getting directions to parties—there's a fly in my nachos," Mr. Warner said.
"Enjoy it!" I said to Mr. Warner. "It's on the house.”
― Rachel Hawthorne, Island Girls (and Boys): A YA Beach Romance and Coming-of-Age Story

“You could give lessons on putting up a tent. I've never seen one go up so fast."
Okay. I'd never actually watched one go up. It wasn't exactly on my list of the top hundred-and-one things to see before I died.”
― Rachel Hawthorne, Island Girls (and Boys): A YA Beach Romance and Coming-of-Age Story

“I'd been asking about recreational vehicle. RV. Camping vehicle. "What do you sleep in?"
"Our boxer shorts," his friend said.
Blue Eyes laughed. "Come on, Zach. That's not what she was asking.”
― Rachel Hawthorne, Island Girls (and Boys): A YA Beach Romance and Coming-of-Age Story

“My grandparents have spent thirty summers there. It's completely safe. And the Coast Guard station is like a block down the road."
"I thought they just took care of stuff at sea," Chelsea said.
"If we call, the Coasties will come. They're not going to tell us to jump in a boat first.”
― Rachel Hawthorne, Island Girls (and Boys): A YA Beach Romance and Coming-of-Age Story