“A crease found it’s way onto Joss’s forehead. Because he was certain that Sirus was wrong. Girls were more complicated than boys. Girls communicated in a language that only they understood. And Joss wasn’t sure at all that he would ever understand them.”

“Because teachers, no matter how kind, no matter how friendly, are sadistic and evil to the core.”

“It never gets easier, missing you. And sometimes I wonder if it ever will.”