How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #1
I took the pen out of his hand—he always read with a pen—and wrote Gat on the back of his left, and Cadence on the back of his right. (5.39)
That's a pretty bold move, and ridiculously romantic. Our hearts are pounding for her. (Also, we've been practicing writing on both our hands—We Were Liars could spawn an ambidextrous generation.)
Quote #2
But we were only fourteen. I had never kissed a boy, though I would kiss a few the next school year, and somehow we didn't label it love. (5.42)
Aha… So Cadence does kiss other boys; it's just that none are Gat. First kisses have a way of branding your brain and your heart, and making subsequent kisses pale in comparison.
Quote #3
It was love, and it hit me so hard I leaned against the screen door that still stood between us, just to stay vertical. I wanted to touch him like he was a bunny, a kitten, something so special and soft your fingertips can't leave it alone. The universe was good because he was in it. (6.17)
When Cadence sees how beautiful the Gat Universe is, the Sinclair Universe starts to look ugly in comparison. Sometimes seeing the good casts a bright light on the bad.
Quote #4
Maybe he loved Raquel. Those photos on his phone. That dried beach rose in an envelope. (8.29)
Realizing that Gat's roses are for another girl makes Cadence start to doubt herself. She's no less beautiful and awesome than she was before she saw the pictures, but her blonde Sinclair perfection suddenly seems inferior to Raquel's New York City sophistication.
Quote #5
I felt the love rush from me to Gat and from Gat to me.
We were warm and shivering,
and young and ancient,
and alive.
I was thinking, It's true. We already love each other.
We already do. (9.21-26)
What is it about falling in love with someone that makes you feel like you've known each other forever? To Cadence, falling in love feels less like discovery than recognition.
Quote #6
The bottom line is, Gat bailed when I got hurt.
The bottom line is, it was only a summer fling.
The bottom line is, he might have loved Raquel.
We lived too far apart, anyway. (12.23-26)
If by "bailed when I got hurt" you mean died, then yes, yes he did. In her own pain, Cadence is unable to realize that Gat's pain was way worse. You know, because it was terminal.
Quote #7
"I have a boyfriend named Drake Loggerhead," says Mirren. "He's going to Pomona like I am. We have had sexual intercourse quite a number of times, but always with protection. He brings me yellow roses every week and has nice muscles." (25.40)
Mirren's imaginary boyfriend is straight out of a Harlequin romance. In case you've never read one, they're the books with the windswept guys on the covers who look like their names would be Drake Loggerhead.
Quote #8
I don't know what is between us. I really don't. He is such an ass. (26.28)
Raise your hand if you've ever felt this way. We see you there, raising your hand. (We're raising ours, too.)
Quote #9
I am simply happy, here with Gat's body beneath my hands. The sound of the waves and his breath in my ear. Glad that he wants to be near me. (32.19)
This is the kind of scene that makes a person, a place, and a sound run together and become inextricable. This is why you'll always feel a twinge in your heart when you hear that song that was playing the first time you fell in love, or why the end of summer will always be bittersweet. (Yes, even when you're old.)
Quote #10
I often think of putting my arms around him or running my fingers along his lips. When I let my thoughts go there…the sharp pain of unrequited love invites the migraine in. (46.12)
Even if you don't have a brain injury, unrequited love can feel physically painful. There's actual science behind it.