“So what if you hurt him? He'll hurt you. You'll hurt each other. That's what love is about, right? You can't know what'll happen till you actually try it. Don't try to make excuses like you're protecting him.” LoveRomanceRelationshipHigh SchoolThrillerPretending To Be Erica Author:Michelle Painchaud
“I knew," he murmurs. I can hear him over the music only because he says it right in my ear. "Right after we talked in the mall, I knew." "Knew what?" "That you were going to be the first girl to break my heart." My breath catches. I force the smile now. "I haven't broken anything yet, right?" "You will. Someday. But everybody breaks everything. For now we're fantastic. It's just, the better we get, the harder I realize the fall will be.” LoveRomanceHigh SchoolTeenagersPretending To Be Erica Author:Michelle Painchaud
“The microwave clock spills over into midnight, and the marionette girl walks up the stairs to sleep in her puppet bed in the puppet house, filled with not-puppet people. They are made of flesh and blood, and she is made of wood and lies.” Pretending To Be EricaPuppet Girl Book:Dans La Peau D'Erica Source: Dans La Peau D'Erica
“The boy doesn’t know who I am. He thinks he does. He’s good to talk to—challenges my brain. Seems like he’s always trying to look inside of me. It’s nice. To have someone try to figure you out. He never will, but the effort is nice.” Pretending To Be Erica Author:Michelle Painchaud