Quotes from Alex Flinn

Although my other ambition was to be a musical theater star (and I would attend college on a voice scholarship), writing was never far from my mind.

Just because something is beautiful doesn´t mean it´s good.

Your telephone! Your friend Travis is in it!

What are you, in love with her?" Travis says. "You're staring like an idiot." The weird thing is, I think I am.

This isn't a fairy tale. It's New York City.

But I am old now; my life is older. When I made the choice I made, I did not think it was forever. It is another thing to give up so young.

I'm here, my love,"...

Seem like a lot of people wear shoes they can't walk in.

Talia: I was brought up to respect older people and peasants...not that you're... Jack: (clears throat) Quit while you're ahead Meryl: Ahead? She just called mom and old peasant.

But usually, I watched Linda read. I couldn't believe she'd read so much in summer! Sometimes she laughed, reading her book, and one time she even cried. I didn't know how anyone could make such a big deal about books.

Love does not forget!

I am a princess. I do not follow fashions--I make them.

Who or what is an Ipod?

It's easier to fake it. When you fake it for sixteen years, it becomes part of you, something you don't think about.

Sometimes, unexpected things can happen.

In stories like Cinderella and Beauty and the Beast , they always say the heroine is 'as good as she is beautiful.' I wondered if people just wanted that to be true, wanted the beautiful to be good. I wondered if they wanted the ugly to be bad because then they wouldn't have to feel bad for them.

if there´s a beast,maybe he´s just a regular guy with a sin conditon or something. Maybe he just needs some understanding. Maybe we judge people to much by their looks because it´s easier than seeing what´s really important.

When you've found out that the person you love loves you, you can't delay. You have to hurry.

Only when I heard her bedroom door open and close did I give in to my beast instincts and do a wild animal dance around the room.

Something with inner beauty will live forever, like the scent of a rose.

Everyone can use a little beauty.

Parents always forgive you. Like sometimes, you see parents on the news, and their kid just got busted for murdering a 7-11 clerk, and they're like, 'But my Bubba's a good boy. He'd never hurt a fly.' So I'm sure your parents would forgive you for whatever you did.

That night I lay in bed, remembering the moment when her hand touched mine. I wondered what it would be like to have her touch me not by accident, to maybe have her let me touch her.

You will wake only if kissed by a young man who is truly your love, truly your destiny, one who would walk miles and face torturous tests to find you.