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61 " I couldn’t sleep that night, which is something that happens more often than I’d like. How it usually goes is I’m tired and lay down, but suddenly, my mind is racing, so I go over everything that happened during the day and all the ways it could have happened better than it actually did. "
― Chelsea Sedoti , The Hundred Lies of Lizzie Lovett
62 " Lizzie could teach me how to ignore all the people who thought I was broken and strange. She'd teach me how to fit in, how to be likable. How to be like her. "
63 " And I wanted what she had. I wanted her charisma. I wanted to be that comfortable in my own skin. I wanted to have a high school experience that was as much "
64 " You need to open your eyes and experience the glory of being alive and part of this universe. "
65 " If he’s found someone to help him get over his loss quickly, there’s nothing wrong with that. "
66 " Cuz it’s no difference wheresabouts yinz live, girlie. Zak same trouble everywhere. "
67 " Fall seemed to last forever, the trees barren except for the few leaves still managing to hold on, poised in some terrible in-between. "
68 " I hoped we’d find something telling. Maybe an essay titled “Where I’d Go if I Ever Turned into a Werewolf.” • "
69 " Lizzie Lovett went into the woods and never came out. But I would. I would come back with all her secrets. "
70 " Cities let you blend in. There are so many people that it doesn’t matter if you’re weird or if no one likes you, because there’s probably someone even worse off. "
71 " I envied Lizzie’s happiness. It seemed unfair that she should have so much of it when other people had so little. "
72 " And what do you get out of it?” I shrugged. “Knowing for sure.” “Knowing what happened to Lizzie?” “Knowing there’s more to the world than what we see every day. "
73 " She couldn’t get that I wanted a car that was a little broken. When something starts out perfect, it usually lets me down. "
74 " Nothing is ever as exciting as you imagine it’s going to be. "