“My name is not Mara Dyer, but my lawyer told me I had to choose something. A pseudonym. A nom de plume, for all of us studying for the SATs. I know that having a fake name is strange, but trust me-it's the most normal thing about my life right now. Even telling you this much probably isn't smart. But without my big mouth, no one would know that a seventeen-year-old who likes Death Cab for Cutie was responsible for the murders. No one would know that somewhere out there is a B student with a body count. And it's important that you know, so you're not next.” KnowsYearsImportantBodyBigsNextNamesStudyStudentsStrangeRight NowNormalSmartMouthsMurderResponsibleLawyerLikesFakeSatTrust MeSeventeenCabNormal ThingsSomewhere Out TherePseudonymsSeventeen Years Old Book:The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer Source: The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer
“It's full of phonies, and all you do is study so that you can learn enough to be smart enough to be able to buy a goddam Cadillac some day, and you have to keep making believe you give a damn if the football team loses, and all you do is talk about girls and liquor and sex all day, and everybody sticks together in these dirty little goddam cliques.” IfsGivingBelieveLittlesEnoughAbleTogetherGirlSexLosesStudyTeamFootballSmartSticksDirtyDamnLiquorBeing SmartPhonyFootball TeamCliqueCadillacsHoldenHolden Caulfield Book:THE CATCHER IN THE RYE Source: THE CATCHER IN THE RYE