Sometimes I wore smiles but didn't feel them. Sometimes I felt them and didn't wear them.

Don't think you're special. Lots of women get him. No one keeps him.

—Penelope Douglas in Corrupt

That's the thing about change. It can be gradual. Slow and almost unnoticeable. Or it can be sudden, and you don't even know how you could've been any other way.

—Penelope Douglas in Until You

What they don't tell you is that you're more confused at twenty than you were at seventeen.

—Penelope Douglas in Falling Away

Expressions like "the good ole days" implied that life used to be of a higher quality than it is now, but I think everything looks better in retrospect.

—Penelope Douglas in Rival

Boys will lie, cheat, and steal to get into your pants. A man will stand the test of time. Make him wait, and you'll see which one he is.

—Penelope Douglas in Falling Away

If you have only one smile in you give it to the people you love.

—Maya Angelou

I am getting better at smiling when people expect it.

—Laurie Halse Anderson in Speak

The flower in the vase smiles, but no longer laughs.

—Malcolm de Chazal

The first time I see a jogger smiling, I'll consider it.

—Joan Rivers