Quotes from Sonya Sones

what my mother doesnt know wont hurt her

I wish he hadn't gone and cut his hair. He looks about eight years old. His ears have tripled in size. Everyone's started calling him Dumbo. Which wouldn't be so bad, except they've started calling me Mrs. Dumbo. You can't even tell he's got curly hair anymore. There's nothing left to run my fingers through. Just this weird blond AstroTurf sprouting out of his skull.

Grace says, "Are you thirsty? I could go get the hose..." I say, "Thanks. But I'd rather have a swig of some Miracle-Gro.

I love that sign," I say. "I love you," Robin says. I feel my cheeks turn the color of the sky. "I love you, too," I say.

When we kiss, his lips on mine are like CPR-- breathing the life back into me.

I kiss her like my life depends on it.

Every now and then, during the commercials Dad will say something like, 'How was school today, Sophie Dophie?' Once I said, 'We played strip poker during third period and I lost.' Dad just said, 'That's nice,' without even looking up from his meatloaf.

Grace's eyes bigger than DVD's, Rachel's mouth hanging open so wide you could reach right in and perform a tonsillectomy.

If Dylan and I had met by chatting on the Net in a room of cyberspace instead of face to face and I hadn't seen his lips or the way he moves his hips when he does that sexy dance and I hadn't had a chance to look into his eyes and be dazzled by their size and all that I had seen were his letters on my screen, then I might as well confess: I think I would have liked him less.

there's this golden moment when the sun licks through the gauze fluttering at my window warming my eyes to open this golden moment when I'm not yet awake enough to remember that there are things I would rather forget

Human beings tend to be conservative, so if you lie, you'll probably be closer to the truth.

The only thing worse than not getting what you want, is getting it.