The Haunting of Sunshine Girl Quotes

“Just before I drop into a chair in my English classroom I pick up my phone and send Nolan a text.
"What if there's a day when I can't be there with my mom when she's at home?"
I don't even have to wait thirty seconds before he sends his reply:
"Then I'll be there”
― Paige McKenzie, The Haunting of Sunshine Girl

“But when my gaze falls on my bed, I freeze, no longer worried what Nolan thinks of the pink or DR.Hoo or my unicorn collection. Instead, I hold up my hand and point at the checkerboard. Someone has made the next move.”
― Paige McKenzie, The Haunting of Sunshine Girl

“I prefer creeptastic,” Mom answers with a smile.”
― Paige McKenzie, The Haunting of Sunshine Girl

“Anyway, why would I want friends I had to act fake in front of? I don’t want to pretend to be scared of dead things and to prefer digital to film. I don’t mind that I’m old-fashioned.”
― Paige McKenzie, The Haunting of Sunshine Girl

“It’s impossible to feel homesick with the familiar weight of the book in my hands.”
― Paige McKenzie, The Haunting of Sunshine Girl

“Mom was just teasing when she asked whether I felt safe being left alone in a haunted house. But now I know: once you move into one, you're never really alone again.”
― Paige McKenzie, The Haunting of Sunshine Girl

“Still, it’s really frustrating me that there doesn’t seem to be anything in my closet that’s appropriate to wear to an exorcism.”
― Paige McKenzie, The Haunting of Sunshine Girl

“You’re not supposed to want to date a boy just for jacket access.”
― Paige McKenzie, The Haunting of Sunshine Girl

“I swallow a sigh.”
― Paige McKenzie, The Haunting of Sunshine Girl

“Empathy can be a powerful tool.”
― Paige McKenzie, The Haunting of Sunshine Girl

“Someone in the sweater business should totally try to corner that market: extra-long-sleeved sweaters so you don’t need gloves to keep your hands warm! They’d make millions. Or maybe not: everyone else at school is wearing clothes that actually fit them, so it’s possible that I’d be the only customer for a product like that.”
― Paige McKenzie, The Haunting of Sunshine Girl

“Everyone looks so excited for the first day of school, hugging each other hello and wearing bright, shiny new outfits that practically glow in fog.”
― Paige McKenzie, The Haunting of Sunshine Girl

“Nolan shrugs like it’s no big deal to be able to read a thousand-page tome in a matter of days. Suddenly a big fat raindrop falls from the sky,”
― Paige McKenzie, The Haunting of Sunshine Girl

“(no raisins—why do people put raisins in cookies and cakes, yuck).”
― Paige McKenzie, The Haunting of Sunshine Girl

“Of course, this was just a passing spirit. Soon she’d have to contend with so much more.”
― Paige McKenzie, The Haunting of Sunshine Girl

“There must have been hundreds of books”
― Paige McKenzie, The Haunting of Sunshine Girl