" This boy at school taught me. But then he pulled my ponytail on the playground the next day, so I'm not really friends with him anymore."

"Why did he pull your ponytail?"

"Momma says boys are mean when they like you," she whispered in a disgusted voice. "But I think Momma's been misinformed. "

― Shelly Crane , Defiance (Significance, #3)