Simone Elkeles said this quote

We kiss all the time. I clear my throat, then add, We just...do it in private. A smug expression crosses his face. I don't buy it for a second, 'cause if you were my girlfriend and a stud like me was livin' in your house, I'd kiss you in front of the guy every chance I got as a reminder. A reminder of w-w-what? That you were mine.

~ Simone Elkeles

I want to try making things right because picking up the pieces is way better than leaving them the way they are.

~ Simone Elkeles

One of the things that makes me who I am is the loyalty I have to people I hold close to my heart.

~ Simone Elkeles

Marry me, Kiara,” he blurts out in front of everyone.“Why?” she asks, challenging him.“Because I love you,” he says, walking up to her and bending down on one knee while he takes her hand in his, “and I want to go to sleep with you every night and wake up seein’ your face every mornin’, I want you to be the mother of my children, I want to fix cars with you and eat your crappy tofu tacos that you think are Mexican. I want to climb mountains with you and be challenged by you, I want to argue with you just so we can have crazy hot makeup sex. Marry me, because without you I’d be six feet under … and because I love your family like they’re my own … and because you’re my best friend and I want to grow old with you.” He starts tearing up, and it’s shocking because I’ve never seen him cry. “Marry me, Kiara Westford, because when I got shot the only thing I was thinkin’ about was comin’ back here and makin’ you my wife. Say yes, chica.

~ Simone Elkeles