Thinking something does not make it true. Wanting something... - Michelle Hodkin, The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer

"I have never read The Joy of Crap. Sounds disgusting. I have, however, read The Joy of Sex. Not in a while, but I think it's one of those classics you can come back to again... and again."

"Thinking something does not make it true. Wanting something does not make it real."

"Have you made any other friends since we've been here?"I gave him the death stare. "Yes, actually.""Who? I want a name.""Jamie Roth.""The Ebola kid? I heard he's a little unstable.""That was one incident."

"I hate you,"I muttered.Noah smiled wider. "I know."

"He didn't look like the same person who picked me up this morning. Noah--sarcastic, distant, untouchable Noah--cared. And that made him real."