Quotes from E. Lockhart, We Were Liars

My boyfriend is named Percocet, " I say. "We're very close. I even went to Europe with him last summer.

Whoever dies with the most stuff wins.

For the old people in my family—Mummy, the aunties, Granddad—the accumulation of beautiful objects is a life goal.Whoever dies with the most stuff wins.Wins what? is what I'd like to know.

Touching him is familiar and unfamiliar. We have been here before. Also we have never been here before.

Someone once wrote that a novel should deliver a series of small astonishments. I get the same thing spending an hour with you.

He was contemplation and enthusiasm. Ambition and strong coffee. I could have looked at him forever.

Better than chocolate, being with you last night. Silly me, I thought that nothing was better than chocolate.

I wanted so much for us: a life free of constriction and prejudice. A life free to love and be loved.