"To honor the Pants and the Sisterhood

And this moment and this summer and the rest of our lives

Together and apart." Chapter 1, p. 13

"I'm telling you, they're gross. If they were good, wouldn't we all be eating them instead of buying apples from the bin at the A&P?"

"But we agreed, life is too short not to try for something you want." Chapter 5, p.17

"I feel your pain. I mean, couldn't they have just gotten a dog?" Chapter 5, p. 20

"She's miserable about Bapi. She's miserable that she's in the States living with us. She hates my dad for making her come. She hates everything about this country. She wishes she were in her own home surrounded by her friends. She is furious at everybody, can't you tell?" Chapter 6, p. 59

"Mr. Kaligaris, might it help if you and Lena and I sat down for a few minutes...