"Because I want the chance to cry when it rains." 
-The Square Root of Summer by Harriet Reuter Hapgood

"But this is darkness.  This is grief and graves."
-The Square Root of Summer by Harriet Reuter Hapgood

"His kiss interrupts me, sudden-short-sweet.  Unquestionable.  It feels like reading a favorite book, and falling for the ending even though you already know what happens." 
-The Square Root of Summer by Harriet Reuter Hapgood

"That's what boys do.  They leave, and when they come back, act like it's no big deal."
-The Square Root of Summer by Harriet Reuter Hapgood

"This version is a hundred feet taller and has arms.  Obviously he had arms before, but not like this.  Not like you had to think about them in italics."
-The Square Root of Summer by Harriet Reuter Hapgood