Quotes from My Life with the Walter Boys

Ali Novak ·  368 pages

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“Two plus two. I got this shit.”
― Ali Novak, quote from My Life with the Walter Boys


“Being a girl doesn't make you weak, Parker. It makes you special.”
― Ali Novak, quote from My Life with the Walter Boys


“Everyone got behind Fox, the name the guys had dubbed the red truck.

"Fox?" I asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Yeah," Isaac said with a grin. "Our truck is hot, like Megan Fox.”
― Ali Novak, quote from My Life with the Walter Boys


“You couldn’t control everything, because it wasn’t all meant to be perfect. Sometimes things needed to be messy.”
― Ali Novak, quote from My Life with the Walter Boys


“You're living with a bunch of hot guys, and instead of finding Cole and experiencing some real-life anatomy, you're shacking up with a textbook like a pariah.”
― Ali Novak, quote from My Life with the Walter Boys



“You take up the most room.” “Nobody asked your opinion,” Cole said, glaring at his younger brother in the rearview mirror.”
― Ali Novak, quote from My Life with the Walter Boys


“I don't know what to do about him, Sammy." (Jackie)

"It's not what you do about him. It's what you do with him. Grab him by those big, manly arms that I'm assuming he has, and show him what New York has to offer.”
― Ali Novak, quote from My Life with the Walter Boys


“In their sleep, both boys kept moving closer to me, and when I finally drifted off, there was one arm wrapped around my stomach and one hand intertwined with mine.”
― Ali Novak, quote from My Life with the Walter Boys


About the author

Ali Novak
Born place: The United States
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