"Momma began to laugh too, only I don't think she knew they were laughing at her."
Chap. 2, p. 21

"I wanted to sit with those girls and be a part of their secret world. I wanted to know why they laughed when nothing seemed particularly funny and how to bat my eyelashes like Abby Lynn."
Chap. 2, pp. 23-24

"'Jesse Wade, a girl has to grow up sometime.'"
Chap. 3, p. 33

"Part of me wished I was inside the church with Abby Lynn, helping her dry off those golden curls, and part of me wished real bad that I had stayed in that game and struck out Bobby Dean."
Chap. 2, p. 25

"'People are afraid of what's different. That don't mean different is bad. Just means different is different.'"
Chap. 6, p. 65

"'People handle death in different ways. Sometimes they act strange on the outside, but inside it's the same for...