Quotes from Laura Dower

The best thing about being a friend, is just being.

The only reason I'm getting glasses at all is because Mom and Dad didn't give me a choice. Otherwise, I'd be perfectly content to walk around in a blurry haze for the rest of my life.

When we get there, Coach Byrnes gives us a pre-season pep talk. He carries around this clipboard and whistle and talks really, really fast. "Passtheballovertherenowturnaroundandkickitintothegoalrightnow!" Sometimes I have no idea what he's talking about. I thought I knew everything there was to know about soccer. Boy, was I wrong.