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

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

"You could start a fire with the heat between you two.""You're mistaking bitter animosity for heartfelt affection."

"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."

"In my rush, I hadn’t tied my shoelaces. Noah was now tying them for me. He looked up at me through his dark fringe of lashes and smiled. The expression on his face melted me completely. I knew I had the goofiest grin plastered on my lips, and didn’t care. “There,” he said as he finished tying the laces on my left shoe. “Now you won’t fall.”Too late."

"My brother spent a large portion of the agonizingly slow drive to school banging his forehead on the stearing wheel."