Sarah Dessen, What Happened to Goodbye

"You want to take me to a movie?"I asked. "Well, not really,"he said. "What I really want is for you to be my girlfriend. But I thought saying that might scare you off."

"Yeah. I mean, acknowledging is easy. Something happened or it didn't. But understanding... that's where things get sticky."

"Oh for God's sake,' Heather said, 'I wish you two would just go out, fail miserably as a couple, and get it over with."

"You asked me to go out with you. I know you probably changed your mind. But you should know, the answer was yes. It's always been yes when it comes to you."

"Home wasn't a set house, or a single town on a map. It was wherever the people who loved you were, whenever you were together. Not a place, but a moment, and then another, building on each other like bricks to create a solid shelter that you take with you for your entire life, wherever you may go."

"You want to take me to a movie?"I asked. "Well, not really,"he said. "What I really want is for you to be my girlfriend. But I thought saying that might scare you off."

"I mean, it's not surprising, really. Once you love something, you always love it in some way. You have to. It's, like, part of you for good."