Flipped Quotes

My mom didn't understand why it was so awful that "that cute little girl" had held my hand. She thought I should make friends with her. "I thought you liked soccer, honey. Why don't you go out ther...

Finally I break free and do the only manly thing available when you're seven years old—I dive behind my mother. (1.22)

All I've ever wanted is for Juli Baker to leave me alone. For her to back off—you know, just give me some space. (1.1)

Then one time, during a test, Julie's in the middle of sniffing my hair when she notices that I've blown a spelling word. A lot of words. Suddenly the sniffing stops and the whispering starts. At f...

Back in the third and fourth grades she used to clown around with her brothers in the branches or peel big chunks of bark off so they could slide down the crook in its trunk. It seemed like they we...

My dad was convinced I was a coward, and to get me over it, he decided that what I should do was take the carton of eggs back to the Bakers and tell them we didn't eat eggs, or that we were allergi...

I was relieved, but I also felt like a weenie. When I'd seen where my kite was trapped, I was sure it was a goner. Not Juli. She scrambled up and got it down in no time. Man, it was embarrassing. S...

When I looked up, he was sitting there holding out the newspaper to me. "Read this," he said. "Without prejudice." […] I shoved the newspaper in the bottom drawer of my desk. Like I needed to kno...