“I suppose he's making a real fashion statement, but this is high school. You're not supposed to be real. You're supposed to be enough like everyone else to get through and out into the waiting world.” WorldRealEnoughSchoolWaitingFashionHigh SchoolStatementsSupposed To BeBeing RealReal YouFashion Statement Author:Elizabeth Scott
“I wants us to be real. I want to be just you and me. - Ryan” WantRealBeing Real Author:Elizabeth Scott
“This is the real unwritten rule: You don't want what you know you shouldn't. And I haven't just broken that rule. I have wrecked it, smashed it, and still... And still I want.” KnowsWantStillsRealHavensBrokenUnwrittenUnwritten Rules Author:Elizabeth Scott
“I always wanted to be grown up. When I was little I couldn’t wait to be a teenager and go to high school. When I got there I wanted to be done with it, wanted to get out into the world, the real one, and live in it. The thing is, that world doesn’t exist. All growing up means is that you realize no one will come along to fix things. No one will come along to save you.” WorldMeanLittlesRealDoneWantedSchoolWaitingRealizingGrowing UpGrowingHigh SchoolTeenagerReal Ones Author:Elizabeth Scott
“Whatever happened to me just now has gotten to me, broken past the fragile shell I've built. More than my memory is gone. My soul has wings that beat to a heart I don't understand and I see things, feel things that I know aren't from here, but that are so real.” KnowsFeelsHeartRealSoulPastMemoriesGoneHappenedBrokenBeatsBuiltWingsMy SoulFragileShells Book:As I Wake Source: As I Wake
“She looked at me for real and saw I was serious. She saw I knew she was for me like you know that tomorrow morning the sun will rise.” KnowsRealMorningSunSawsSeriousLike YouTomorrowTomorrow Morning Book:Something, Maybe Source: Something, Maybe
“I want to care, but I don't. I look at you and all I feel is tired. I walk through school and all I want to do is leave. I wake up in the morning and don't know why I'm here. I feel like I'm not real.” KnowsWantFeelsLooksRealCareSchoolWalksMorningWake UpTiredEmptinessDetachmentNumbness Author:Elizabeth Scott