"The Truth About Alice" Quotes
Rumors and lies about a high school girl spread like wildfire, but the truth may be very different from what everyone believes.
young adult | 209 pages | Published in 2014
Quotes
You're not a slut, Alice. You're just a girl who's been sexually active.
Girls who are pretty and popular and happy and kind seem to have a language all their own.
You don't have to be pretty. You don't owe prettiness to anyone.
I think about the past and the future and the present and everything at once. It's like being underwater and not being able to breathe.
I don't want to be the girl who gets a horrible rumor spread about her. I don't want to be that girl.
You're not the first girl to be called a slut without cause, and you won't be the last.
I've wanted to tell you that for a long time. You're really brave.
I don't know if I ever thought I was good enough for you, but I thought I was good enough for myself.
I'm not going to let rumors rule my life.
It's hard to be a human being. It's hard to be a person at all.
