"But it wasn't anything like the fear that accompanied my drowning nightmare - harrowing and visceral.  No, this fear made me feel fizzy.  Hopeful. 

In fact, this fear felt like waking up to discover I am still here."
-The Start of Me and You by Emery Lord

"It was only three years ago, but I looked so young, with that carefree smile."
-The Start of Me and You by Emery Lord

"Even the constellations can see us now:  we are seventeen and shattered and still dancing.  We have messy, throbbing hearts, and we are stronger than anyone could ever know."
-When We Collided by Emery Lord

"Brokenheartedness is a sisterhood with involuntary membership."
-The Start of Me and You by Emery Lord

"When I'd texted him to say I wouldn't need a ride, he'd replied with an empty 'OK.'  I didn't know what I'd expected him to say, but tears itched at my eyes.  I'm a basket case, I thought.  Who gets emotional over two letters?  But then I remembered that 'no' also has only two letters.  Almost everyone in the world has cried over those."
-The Start of Me and You by Emery Lord

"'What are we waiting for?'  The words hung in the air for a moment, and I wondered if he knew what I meant.  I was still tiptoeing, not daring to cross the friendship line.'"
-The Start of Me and You by Emery Lord

"I wondered where somewhere was.  I wondered if this was a date.  I wondered if he had planned all of this and what it meant.  But most of all, I wondered if a person could actually burst from so many feelings at once."
-The Start of Me and You by Emery Lord

"I weighed it in my mind for the thousandth time: the fluttering in my chest versus the shattering possibility of destroying our friendship.

And even though I rolled my eyes, I made my way toward him."
-The Start of Me and You by Emery Lord

"Things change.  There are so many outside forces coming at marriage; finances and jobs and houses and children.  You can lose each other if you're not careful.  It doesn't mean it was all a wash."
-The Start of Me and You by Emery Lord

"When it all closes in, there are only two kinds of people: best friends and everyone else."
-The Start of Me and You by Emery Lord