Quotes from On the Fence

Kasie West ·  296 pages

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“Sometimes we expect more that people are capable of giving at the moment”
― Kasie West, quote from On the Fence


“We can't let boys define how we feel about ourselves. You have to know who you are before you should let any boy worth anything in.”
― Kasie West, quote from On the Fence


“Hey guys,' I said. 'Don't be idiots. This is Evan. Evan, the angry-looking one is Jerom, the constipated-looking one is Nathan, and the goofball on the right is Gage.'
Gage laughed. 'Constipated, Nathan? We said to look fierce.”
― Kasie West, quote from On the Fence


“I don’t know how to get over it.” “You can only go through it.”
― Kasie West, quote from On the Fence


“I knew why I cared. Why this mattered so much. Why his opinion was the only thing that mattered. I was more than crushing on him. I loved Braden.”
― Kasie West, quote from On the Fence



“There was nothing that made a girl feel better about a guy humiliating her than a different cute guy asking her out.”
― Kasie West, quote from On the Fence


“Bedazzled? What the heck was a bedazzle?”
― Kasie West, quote from On the Fence


“-You gotta do your best to be the best, right?”
― Kasie West, quote from On the Fence


“I looked up recurring dreams.

Dreams are messages, things our minds want us to learn. Recurring dreams can be really important messages. The often come in the form of nightmares. Recurring dreams could represent real-life problem that hasn't been dealt with or resolved. Overcoming or resolving that problem could help one move past the recurring dream.”
― Kasie West, quote from On the Fence


“I can do both at the same time," he assured me. "I'm talented like that.”
― Kasie West, quote from On the Fence



“Dancing wasn't quite the same as running . . . or any sport, for that matter. I didn't feel like I had a purpose, a goal. But after a while I let my mind relax and realized not everything had to have a point. Some things could just be for the fun of it. I looked over at Amber dancing next to me. She smiled, then hooked her arm in mine and twirled me around. My surroundings blurred and I soaked the moment in, deciding this night was something I could do again.”
― Kasie West, quote from On the Fence


“Maybe I should go to the concert. I was a sporting-event type of girl, not a loud-music event one. At least that's what I had always thought. But here I was standing in this store, in these clothes, hearing the sound of laughter in the back room, and realizing that maybe there was more to me than I realized.”
― Kasie West, quote from On the Fence


“we can’t let boys define how we feel about ourselves. You have to know who you are before you should let any boy worth anything in.”
― Kasie West, quote from On the Fence


About the author

Kasie West
Born place: California, The United States
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