Perfect Chemistry Quotes
"Everyone knows I’m perfect. My life is perfect. My clothes are perfect. Even my family is perfect. And although it’s a complete lie, I’ve worked my butt off to keep up the appearance that I have it all."
"Standing in front of my bathroom mirror while music blares from my speakers, I wipe away the third crooked line I’ve drawn beneath my eye."
"My mom has anxiety. Not the kind easily controlled with little blue pills. And when my mom is stressed, everyone living with her suffers."
"Senior year. I should be proud I’ll be the first family member in the Fuentes household to graduate high school."
"But never think of yourself as a success until you can help treat diseases that plague mankind or make the earth a safer place to live."
"Music is my drug, the one thing that makes me numb."
"Because every word that comes out of her mouth is a struggle. Sometimes I want to say the words for her because I feel her frustration as if it’s my own."
"It’s not easy coming into a new house and not knowing what to do."
"Her intense expression says she’s giving me support and understanding without having to say the words."
"If you ever forget, it’s etched into the stones at the front entrance, so the next time you pass by it take a minute to think about what those words mean."
"I wish to hell I was fighting for things worth fighting for."
"Our motto at Fairfield High is Diversity Breeds Knowledge."
"Don’t let your life outside of school dictate your future."
"A redbrick building can’t shield me from the outside world."
"In Fairfield, where you were born defines who you are."
"I can feel him restraining himself. He’s letting me make the move, which is a good thing. I’m afraid of what this boy would do if he let loose."
"There, I kissed you," I say, giving him back his hand and ending the game.
"Do something to help mankind or the planet, Alex. Then you’ll get my sympathy."
"They’re staples," I correct her, trying to lighten the mood.
"What’s the use in having a reputation if you can’t ruin it every now and then?"
"I hate you, too. Now please move out of the way so the janitor doesn’t have to spend all day moppin’ up my blood."
"It’s not a date, Alex," she says over her shoulder.
"No. We’re not boring. We’re safe. Comfortable. Cute."
"I just want to be by myself right now. I need to sort things out."
"Ignore Javier," Alex says. "Sometimes he gets carried away tryin’ to be a badass."
"You think you’re too good for me?" He moves toward me, his eyes full of anger.
"Look at that," I say between puking fits. "My dinner is all over your shoe."
"I’ve got to get Brittany alone if I’m gonna have any chance of saving face and saving my Honda."
"We should take her home," Paco says. "You can’t keep her."
"Because it’s easy to hate someone who has it all."
"I'm fully aware that this is damage control. I can only bandage the imperfections and hope nobody else sees me in this condition."
"We're actors in our lives, pretending to be who we want people to think we are."
"It's not hard to find him, the house is smaller than Sierra's pool house."
"See, you're playin' a game right now. Be real with me, mamacita. I dare you."
"I'll do everything in my power to keep my sister at home."
"I can't. Because then I'll start crying, and maybe freak out enough to blurt the truth---that I create a perfect image so I can hide behind it."
"I won’t let them take you away, I’ll always protect you."
"I don’t know what to say. He has changed. Have I? Or am I the same person who he said good-bye to before he left for the summer?"
"But what blew me away wasn’t the gift, it was that Colin went above and beyond in the planning of the day just to make it super special for us."
"The expensive earrings would be a symbol of Colin’s apology and would remind me of tonight."
"Problems and crap don’t go away by hiding in the can."
"If you like him, girl, go for it. But be careful."
"Sometimes in life there are no desirable choices."
"You have to live for the moment, each and every day . . . the here, the now."
"Don't worry about it, man. Brothers help each other out."
"You're a smart kid, smart enough to move up in the Blood."
"I would die for some of the guys in Latino Blood, but to move up?"
"I should be happy Hector is contemplating giving me more responsibility in the LB. Brittany and all she stands for is a fantasy."
"Yesterday flashes before my eyes. The image of Brittany, her lips on mine, her sweet breath mixed with my own, is the only picture that lingers in my mind."
"This is about me being real. To myself. And now I’m going to be real to Alex, like he’s always wanted."
"I don’t know why or when I started falling for you, Alex. But I did."
"If the solar system didn’t tilt then, it never will."
"You’re not going to throw them into the bushes, are you?"
"Sometimes good men need to do things that aren’t good. Right?"
"You might be careful, but girls won’t be. Girls are manipulative."
"Destiny doesn't want me to join, either. She wants to go to some university and get a nursing degree."
"I'm not with you just to get into your pants."
"I'm scared because with Alex, it feels too raw."
"Right now, sweetheart, I really don’t give a shit."
"Do you think Doug and Alex will start fighting?"
"Maybe. We better go out there and distract them."
"You fuck with the white dick, you fuck with me."
"No, but you keep massagin’ me like that and you can forget about the goin’ slow bullshit."
"I’ve got you, Alex. I realize it’s all I need and I’m ready to share it with the world."
"I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to be a dickhead. Well, I did. But that’s ’cause I didn’t feel comfortable in there."
"If you want something to pick you up, come to me, sí?"
"Don’t think, muñeca. Everything will work itself out."
"You want to quit, they give you a challenge."
"Somos vuates, Alejandro. You and me are the closest."
"It is what you make it. If you think you can't change the world, then go on and follow the path already carved out for you. But there are other roads to choose, they're just harder to trudge through. Changing the world isn't easy, but I sure as hell going to keep trying. Are you?"
"I’ve come to the conclusion that the only life I’m going to control is my own."
"Whether it’s right or wrong, fight for what you believe in."
"I’m not gonna be a coward. I need to do this. I need to quit the Blood."
"You and me... it was a game. I bet Lucky his RX-7 that I could fuck you before Thanksgiving."
"You’re pathetic if you think this thing between us was real."
"Brittany stayed all night, Alex. She’s worried about you."
"Brittany. Brittany. Brittany. As long as I repeat the mantra in my head, I know I’m still alive."
"The people I care about die, it’s as simple as that. My dad. Now Paco. I was an idiot to think I could have it all."
"He turns his head and focuses on the floor. He swallows and clears his throat. 'Paco...,' he says, his voice hitching."
"The problem is, I don’t feel betrayed. More like sad and deflated."
"Maybe knowing where I am would take the edge off, but I can’t see a fucking thing with this blindfold on."
"I want so much from my parents, probably more than they’re capable of giving."