Quotes from Lisi Harrison

Is this place called Virgins? Well, I shouldn't be here! -Nina

Viktor was swinging a leather duffle and wearing a black Adidas tracksuit and his favorite brown UGG slippers with a hole in the toe. Worn and old, just like Viv, he'd say when Frankie made fun of them, and then his wife would swat him on the arm. But Frankie knew he was just joking, because Viveka was the type of woman you wished was in a magazine just so you could stare at her violet-colored eyes and shiny black hair without being called a stalker or a freak.

Friends first. Even before Brett? Always, Bekka said. Her lively freckled face was dead serious. Wow, Melody said in surprise. They really were friends. Hearing it helped her feel it. And feeling it was like sinking deeper into a warm bath.

The confusing lesson whipped Frankie's anger into something she had never felt before. It was like an emotional meringue - the airy feeling of loneliness topped with the hard crisp of injustice. Yet its taste was far from sweet.

Something about Bekka and Haylee reminded her of Candace's line between ingenious and insane. Ingenuity inspired their dreams, and insanity gave them the courage to pursue them. It was something Melody wanted for herself.

A burrito is a delicious food item that breaks down all social barriers and leads to temporary spiritual enlightenment.

What was it about high school that made people think with their insecurities instead of their brains?

O Hathor," Cleo began, "why bless me with an abundance of gorgeousness and then deprive me of people to envy it? Especially on a Saturday night?

Like Martin Luther King Jr., Frankie dreamed of living in a nation where people would not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. The sonner she realized that dream, the sooner she could get started on Katy Perry's and live the teenage one.

Ignorance is bliss was bull. Melody had been ignorant her whole life, and things were far from blissful. It was time to give knowledge is power a try.

And for a split second Cleo saw the value in living openly. Liberation was Windex for the soul. It let the light shine through. But why dwell? Nothing was ever going to change.

Lightning snapped the night sky like a jock's gym towel on a dork's butt.

The inaugural morning at Merston High was officially over. It was no longer a mysterious place in Melody's imagination, filled with endless possibilities and hooks on which to hang hopes for a better tomorrow. It was completely - boringly - normal. Like meeting an online crush after months of e-flirting, the reality didn't live up to the fantasy. It was dull, predictable, and way more attractive in the photos.

I'd rather be a friendless loser than have a bunch of friends who secretly hated me. (spoken by Massie Block)

The hardest thing about being a parent is watching your kids make mistakes. Our instinct is to protect you. But you're right, Deenie. Sometimes we have to step aside and let you make them anyway. The best we can do is be there when you mess up.

Blame was a luxury they could no longer afford.

Candace nodded a little too hard. She loved making her ponytail swing.

I know when I'm not wanted, joked Uncle Vlad. Guess I'll make like under-eye cream and get the bags.

Make your point but don't stab anyone with it.

She was pretty in the way water is tasty: it does the job, but lacks pizzazz. (Skye on Charlie)

What's wrong with mistakes? Not that I'd know. No one's ever let me make any.

Insane was probably the right word, but Clawdeen preferred determined.

I'm not acting!" shouted Cleo. She was in desperate need of more gloss.

Anyway, no guy wants to be with a girl if she's not into him. So you did him a favor.