Top 94 Kemmerer Quotes
#1. She almost wished she smoked, so she could lie on the car's hood, flick a lighter, and make up names for the constellations while nicotine burned her lungs.
Brigid Kemmerer
#2. Just a girl in my math class"
"Just a girl, huh?"
Gabriel glared at him. "Just a girl."
Chris smiled. "So was Becca.
Brigid Kemmerer
#3. Because it's easier to turn off worries in the dark.
Nick met his eyes in the darkness. "Yours or Mine?"
"Both.
Brigid Kemmerer
#4. So yesterday,' said Gabriel. 'Remember when I flipped your tray?'
'No. I forgot all about it.'
'Totally didn't know you'd have soup on there. Jesus, I didn't even know the cafeteria sold -
Brigid Kemmerer
#5. He moved until he stood close enough to share secrets, to dance. To kiss.
Brigid Kemmerer
#7. He could imagine the college rejection letters now.
'After learning that one kiss and a sleepless night led you to fail a test, we have decided you are no longer a fit for our institution.
Brigid Kemmerer
#8. They kept coming up with more creative ways to screw with him.
He kept coming up with more creative paths to travel.
Brigid Kemmerer
#9. How can you try harder at something that consumes every waking thought?
Brigid Kemmerer
#10. Good." Michael wrapped his hand around the hilt.
Then he lifted it, cocked the hammer, and put the barrel against Hunter's forehead. "Now where the fuck are my brothers?
Brigid Kemmerer
#11. You know," he said by way of greeting, "the night I caught you with Layne, I called you a future felon. I didn't realize you'd make good on that prediction so quickly."
"That night you dragged Layne out of my driveway, I called you an asshole. Guess we were both right.
Brigid Kemmerer
#12. Hey, little brother." Gabriel came back through the door and flopped on the bed, drawing his legs up to sit against the wall. "Girls are more likely to stay if you don't fight with them.
Brigid Kemmerer
#13. Michael walked to the fridge and pulled out a bottle of water. "You all right?"
I made my twin brother hate me.
I can't try out for basketball.
I gave my number to some girl who thinks I'm a thug.
Gabriel looked back at his textbook. "Yeah. Fine.
Brigid Kemmerer
#14. Failed a physics test," Nick said.
"You know how I solve that problem?" Said his twin. "I don't take physics.
Brigid Kemmerer
#15. And on the other long side, completely alone, sat Becca's father.
The Guide.
"Call me Bill," he'd said.
Yeah, Gabriel had a few ideas of what to call him.
Brigid Kemmerer
#16. Hunter stared back at him until Michael raised his eyebrows in a Dude, wtf? expression. Hunter shook himself. Yeah. Sure.
Brigid Kemmerer
#18. I think this is the first time we all have a reason to stay.' He paused. 'You're dating a girl who left her kid with you, Michael.
Brigid Kemmerer
#19. I also told Nick she's a player, and I'm not interested."
Becca smiled a little ruefully. "I believe that."
Hunter frowned. "What does that mean?"
"It means I've listened to her hit on every guy on the porch.I'm surprised she's not mounting Casper.
Brigid Kemmerer
#20. You know what sucks about sorry? It's the worst word in the world. Because it always happens after you fuck up something good.
Brigid Kemmerer
#21. And she remembered the way he had gone from total control to utter disaster with the flip of a switch, like watching an intricate glass sculpture shatter into a thousand pieces - only to pull together again until you could barely see the seams.
Brigid Kemmerer
#22. Casper, she said someone has to hold your leash.
The dog barked.
Then he dipped his head, picked up the end of the leash in his mouth, and trotted after his master.
Brigid Kemmerer
#23. You're probably thinking I owe you my life."[Chris]
"No." she [Becca] snapped.
"Just sixty bucks."
"You charge for the hero act?" [Chris]
Brigid Kemmerer
#24. To whom it may concern: I'm not involved. Honest. Hugs, Becca.
Brigid Kemmerer
#25. Becky," he said. "Get in the car."
"Becca," she corrected automatically. Her voice was breathy, her hands still clenched in fists.
"For god's sake-" His eyes slid left. "Just get in the car.
Brigid Kemmerer
#26. I shouldn't have hit him." She flexed her fingers. "My hand still hurts."
Chris smiled. "Oh, no, I loved that part.
Brigid Kemmerer
#27. Jesus, I wish I could stop fucking crying. So gay, right?'
Hunter put a hand on his shoulder. 'Don't do that to yourself, Nick.
Brigid Kemmerer
#28. Words, not hands,' said Layne. She poked Gabriel with a fork. 'I think you need a T shirt that says that.'
He leaned in close. 'Give me five minutes and I bet I can change your mind.
Brigid Kemmerer
#29. He put up with her whining until she was almost sick of herself, and then he called her on her bullshit.
Brigid Kemmerer
#30. Yeah, Birkenstock. If you want to get worked up about something, why don't you take a look in the empty fridge?
Brigid Kemmerer
#31. I'm not waiting for you to fuck up." Adam paused. "Just because you can't trust everyone doesn't mean you can't trust anyone.
Brigid Kemmerer
#32. He moved like a jungle cat, all purposeful, calculated motion - wrapped up in fluid grace.
Brigid Kemmerer
#33. Nick jabbed him in the arm with his fork. "What's up with you? Usually you don't shut up about my crap cooking."
"Maybe I don't want to hurt your feelings."
Chris snorted, finally looking up from the plate. "That'll be the day.
Brigid Kemmerer
#34. Nick smiled. "I kind of like the irony."
"Jesus, you are such a nerd." Gabriel flung the lighter at him.
"Stop using big words."
"Five letters is a big word?
Brigid Kemmerer
#35. Gabriel's going to be pissed."
It took Nick a second to answer. "Why?"
"He'll have to break his leg so people won't be able to tell you apart.
Brigid Kemmerer
#36. Fire school? He'd never considered making a career out of his abilities. :I'll think about it," said Gabriel.
Nick clapped him on the shoulder again. "No, you'll do it.
Brigid Kemmerer
#37. She wanted to touch him because Hunter looked like he needed someone to be gentle with him for five minutes.
Brigid Kemmerer
#38. If your whole life is in those boxes, Hunter, I want you to hold on to all of it.
Brigid Kemmerer
#39. The first day you meet you are friends, the next day you are brothers.
Brigid Kemmerer
#40. If you can't fix what went wrong, then fix what you can make right.
Brigid Kemmerer
#41. And Gabriel Merrick. I'd hoped your recent brush with the law would keep you out of my office for a while.'
'I'm happy to leave.
Brigid Kemmerer
#42. Advocacy is better served when fellow activists are able to respond in ways that do not build walls or burn bridges. Change takes time and tends to come hard to human beings. Those who understand this human tendency are more effective activists.
Lisa Kemmerer
#43. Not special at all." She changed her mind and leaned in to take a cookie. "I just heard my number called and thought I'd better show up.
Brigid Kemmerer
#44. Well you're definitely gay. A straight guy wouldn't be such a drama queen.
Brigid Kemmerer
#45. When you're sure of what you want, I'll be right here.
Brigid Kemmerer
#46. A knock sounded on his bedroom wall.
"Black," he called.
Brigid Kemmerer
#47. Loneliness is a funny disease. You don't realize how badly you're infected until someone gives you a shot of contentment - and then it wears off
Brigid Kemmerer
#48. When Chris was ten, we pushed him down the stairs. This was twice as entertaining.
Brigid Kemmerer
#49. He offered to make-out with Hunter if it would prove that he's ok with me being gay."
"Hmm," said Adam. "Yeah I think I need to see proof."
"Shut up."
"Tell him it has to be shirtless. Wait, let me get my phone out-
Brigid Kemmerer
#50. You're the only person alive who would use superpowers to be more dorky.
Brigid Kemmerer
#51. If you want me to fix your homework, you need to leave me alone." Then he spotted her. "You're back."
"Yeah." She glanced between him and Gabriel. "You do his homework?"
"Just the math. It's a miracle he can count to ten."
"I can count to one." Gabriel gave him the finger.
Brigid Kemmerer
#52. Gabriel. Number three?"
That killed the smile. "Yeah. My twin brother. He says he doesn't care if I go away to school, but I know he does."
"Identical twin?"
"Yeah."
"Niiiiice."
Nick cut him another look, and Adam smiled. "Sorry.
Brigid Kemmerer
#53. I haven't gotten in a fight yet this year!
Despite everything, that made her smile. "It's September."
He waved a hand. "Details.
Brigid Kemmerer
#54. Adam trapped one of Nick's legs under his and shifted closer, pressing into him until there was no doubt he was happy to be there.
Brigid Kemmerer
#55. God! She was tempted to take a picture of her middle finger and send it back. Her fingers flew across the screen. Heading to first period. Maybe you can do something more useful than texting me.
Brigid Kemmerer
#56. Could we report Tyler for having a gun?" she said.
"He's over eighteen," said Chris. "It's probably legal."
"It's not legal for him to be shooting at me," she snapped.
Brigid Kemmerer
#57. Gabriel woke him up at the crack of dawn with a cup of water to the face and a kick in the ribs.
Brigid Kemmerer
#58. Be a shadow, Hunter. Can you be a shadow? It was one of the first things he'd learned from his father.
He's been six.
Brigid Kemmerer
#59. He looked up, past her, at the bedroom. Finally, a break to the white - but this wasn't much better. Pink carpeting, princess border along the ceiling, white walls, and a gold canopy bed.
"What," he said, "no Barbie dream castle?"
Layne flushed. "Shut up.
Brigid Kemmerer
#60. Hunter wondered if there was any possible way he could have made this interaction more awkward.
Here. Let me give you a concussion and then scare you.
Brigid Kemmerer
#61. Actually, there are," she'd said. "Want to see who can make the most inappropriate picture out of
Mickey Mouse Clubhouse?"
So they'd done that. She hadn't realized how ... creative a bunch of teen boys could get. But at
least it had cut through some of their tension.
Brigid Kemmerer
#62. Music always rode the air until he felt each beat through his whole body. But the air here was full of energy that sparked and rejoiced with the melody.
Brigid Kemmerer
#63. Nick," he said. "I think I'm going to need you to bite my arm."
"I think I'm going to need you to run that by me again.
Brigid Kemmerer
#64. Sucks being the girl, doesn't it?" Said Quinn.
"Shut up." But yes. It did.
Brigid Kemmerer
#65. Everything he knew was with a girl. Like reciting a learned lesson, something he could do because he had to. This - this was new. And exciting. And primal and raw and right.
Brigid Kemmerer
#66. So are the stories true?" asked Hunter. "Depends," Becca hedged. "What have you heard?"
"That you knocked two seniors on their asses on the soccer field, then flipped off the coach."
"Absolutely true," said Becca, deadpan.
Brigid Kemmerer
#67. I pissed off Quinn, and probably chased her into the arms of a psychopath. Oh, and I made out with another guy. It's a miracle our clothes stayed on.
Brigid Kemmerer
#68. He half rose from his seat and reached across another student's desk to drop the mangled paper clip in front of Tommy.
"Look, dude," he said, his voice low and earnest. "You want to ask me out, you man up and do it proper.
Brigid Kemmerer
#69. Under the bludgeonings of chance, my head is bloody but unbowed.' In other words, life has a solid right hook, but it's not going to take me down.
Brigid Kemmerer
#70. Michael always said if he could get them to eighteen without going to jail or getting a girl pregnant he'd consider it a success.
Brigid Kemmerer
#71. That was the worst kind of hypocrisy, right? Hating someone for something you hated about yourself?
Brigid Kemmerer
#72. Michael will go ballistic if you start a fire up here again." "Michael needs to switch to decaf.
Brigid Kemmerer
#73. Aren't your parents going to freak when they see you?"
That rough laugh again. "I'd probably freak if I saw them.
Brigid Kemmerer
#74. What is with you?" said Chris.
"Don't worry," said Quinn. "I already know he's an ass."
"Love you, too," said Gabriel.
Brigid Kemmerer
#75. Becca ~ Do something! she cried. Can't you build a wall of ice, or ... -
Chris ~ Are you kidding? he said. I'm not an X-Man!
Brigid Kemmerer
#77. Hunter leaned close. "Just to be clear: I'd know exactly what to do if you threw yourself at me."
Then he was in his car, starting the ignition, leaving her in the parking lot, nothing more than a melted puddle of hot, bothered, and seriously pissed off.
Brigid Kemmerer
#78. His expression changed, and he took a step back. He looked away. "When you said it was broken, you were just being-"
"No! It is. My phone. Broken." Now she sounded like Yoda on crack.
Brigid Kemmerer
#79. So, Chris," he said. "You couldn't make a smaller cut?"
Nick's eyes were closed, but he smiled."Chris asked me to bite him first."
Gabriel gave him a disguested look."You are one sick bastard."
"I was desperate." Chris smiled, too, but then he dropped it. "Desperate people do crazy things.
Brigid Kemmerer
#80. Becca remembered something Chris had said earlier. "Wait, I thought you would be benched all year if you got in another fight."
Gabriel laughed. "You're sweet. I'm not worried."
"You're not?"
"Nah. Don't you remember? They all think I'm Nick.
Brigid Kemmerer
#81. She hit him. Hard. Right in the face ...
"Holy shit," said Quinn. "Would it be wrong if I applaud?
Brigid Kemmerer
#82. If we take out one, we have to take out all. We can't risk collateral damage."
"Say 'collateral damage' again. That sounded sexy.
Brigid Kemmerer
#83. She was starting to get a little breathless from trailing Casper, though the guys weren't having any trouble. "How far have we gone? Like three miles?"
Gabriel gave her a look. "Like one."
So she needed more cardio.
Brigid Kemmerer
#84. Jesus, I could shake the crap out of you.' Gabriel shoved him in the shoulder. 'When you're going to do awesome stuff, let me in on it.
Brigid Kemmerer
#85. His grandparents lived on an old farm. Like he should have considered that psycho teenage girls might be leaving tainted steaks for his dog to find. If you hurt him, I'll kill you.
Brigid Kemmerer
#86. A girl on the cheer squad had once asked Gabriel if having a twin was like looking in a mirror all the time. He'd asked her if being a cheerleader was like being an idiot all of the time - but really, it was a good question.
Brigid Kemmerer
#87. We all push sometimes, just to make sure someone is on the other side, pushing back.
Brigid Kemmerer
#88. Mr. Merrick, I'd like to speak with you.
Mr. Merrick. He hated when teachers called him that, like he was an old man stopping by to learn a few math tricks.
Brigid Kemmerer
#89. Oh, I'm going to see him - in a pile of broken bones. Here. Have a cookie." Chris shook his head, and his
Brigid Kemmerer
#90. Hunter held out the gun, stock first. "You want to just shoot me and save Dad the time?"
Jay smiled and took the weapon, checking the magazine before putting it back on the wall. "He's not going to shoot you."
"That would be too quick?
Brigid Kemmerer
#91. Nick's eyes were like ice. "Maybe we should talk about what happened in third period today. I didn't even ask if you were okay."
What a bastard. "Shut up."
"What happened?" said Michael
"Nothing," said Chris. He glared at Nick across the table
Good little brother.
Brigid Kemmerer
#92. She spilled your secrets," said Quinn
"Yeah?" He sliced off a piece of chicken and glanced across the table. "What's my name Becca?"
Busted. Becca wanted to melt into a puddle.
Quinn grinned. "You mean it's not really New Kid?
Brigid Kemmerer
#93. Then Hannah said, 'Look, either you're going to talk or I'm going to have to finish the story about the guy who chopped off his penis. Your call.
Brigid Kemmerer
#94. I figured we'd catch you with a girl one day, but this isn't quite the scenario I imagined.
Brigid Kemmerer
Famous Authors
Popular Topics
Scroll to Top
