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1 " It’s okay to have differences, to not be like everyone else around you. It doesn’t make you weaker or less worthy than anyone else that might appear normal. It is what it is. You’re just different. At the end of the day, we all want the exact same things in life and I think Isabelle and I are living proof of that. "
― Melyssa Winchester , Count on Me (Count on Me, #1)
2 " She's not like other girls because she's different. I want her kind of different. "
3 " She leans over the desk to write and even though I feel bad for doing it, I watch her body as she does. Her shirt lifts just a little as she’s bending over and whether she’s aware of it or not, her lower back is exposed. I’ve spent the last eight years ignoring this girl, but one small view of her back and it’s putting my body into overdrive. I’ve never wanted to kiss someone there so much in my life. "
4 " The first real memory I have, is one of the first times I was old enough to remember being at your house. We must have been about three, maybe four. I came and sat down beside you while you were playing and it’s like, even then, you knew I wasn’t anything special because you just ignored the hell out of me. "
5 " I don't know what the hell is going on with me and this girl, but every single time I'm around her, it's like I lose my shit. "
6 " You might look like a princess, Isabelle Reagan, but if I had my way tonight, you’d also be a queen. "
7 " The sad reality is, it's not just the people I go to school with that are doing it. It's their parents too. Their noses are all turned up at me, like because of my diagnosis; I'm an alien to them. I'm not like their son or daughter so that means I'm not worthy of respect. "
8 " We’re all a little weird, Isabelle. It’s our differences that make us unique and you shouldn’t let anyone, even a boy you might like, tell you anything different. "
9 " I wish she had half a clue what seeing that happy face does for me. I can't quite explain it to myself, but I really wish she could know. It's like when she does it, it's all I can see and I want more of it. Especially after the day we've had. I always want her making happy faces. "
10 " If Isabelle Reagan can take a guy like me and turn him into someone worthy of respect then it's mind blowing to think what she can do for the rest of the world. What we could do for it together. We might be able to change it. "
11 " Stupid people. Their faces are gonna get stuck that way. "
12 " I guess that's what happens when you've lost everything that had any real meaning. You become numb to what's left. "
13 " This time, whatever you’re gonna do, make sure it’s for keeps. You might be able to threaten those guys into leaving us alone, but you won’t bully me. If you hurt her, I’ll hurt you. "
14 " At some point we all have to grow up. Sure, high school might be the best years of our lives the way people say, but when that's over what are we gonna have? An old football career if we don't play college ball and a whole lot of broken people on our conscience. I don't want that. Maybe there's hope for me after all. "
15 " He might have gotten his way in the hallway earlier, but now he's on my turf. He isn't gonna push me around. "
16 " Dean Walker, my brother. The man that's well on his way to earning the proud title of town drunk. "
17 " I swear if I hear one more person call her a retard, I’m going to snap. I’m beginning to see why people hate that word so much. It makes me physically sick to hear it. "
18 " It’s not pity, Isabelle. It’s survival. I’m not letting you go through this alone. I’ll see you at eleven. "
19 " All I want to do is be that guy. The one I can never be. "
