The Boy Next Story Quotes

“We're dating now," Toby blurted out, reaching for my hand as soon as Dad let go. "That's new. Me and Rory. Aurora and me. Together. I asked."
Mom and Dad exchanged a glance and I wondered if they were thinking the same thing I was about the time nine-year-old Toby had announced to Major May, "Me and Rory—Rory and me we ate a whole watermelon!”
― Tiffany Schmidt, The Boy Next Story

“I have to go get ready. Come on,
Rory. Come back in an hour, Toby."
I expected Toby to pop up and cater to Merri's order, but instead he tilted his head and looked at me while spinning a red checker between his fingers. "You good with this, Roar?" and my heart hurt with how perfect that question was and how okay that made this moment.”
― Tiffany Schmidt, The Boy Next Story

“The way I feel about you is unlike anything I've ever felt before. It crept up on me slowly and then I was in it so deep I couldn't breathe. And it scared me. Because if it hurt to be rejected by other people.. You can destroy me, Roar. If you wanted to, you could pulverize me. Please, don't.”
― Tiffany Schmidt, The Boy Next Story

“Now that everyone's forgiven and done crying, can we get out the ice cream so Lilly can tell Rory about her wedding and Rory can tell us why Toby's making googly eyes at her and holding her hand? Not that I didn't see this coming the second you got your Gregoire assignment-hello, Laurie-but I still need all the swoony details.”
― Tiffany Schmidt, The Boy Next Story

“My middle name’s not Clementine.”
[Huck] nodded somberly. “It should be.”
― Tiffany Schmidt, The Boy Next Story

“He paused to kiss me and I think he meant it as a dash or an ellipsis or some other temporary punctuation, but I pressed up on my toes and made it an exclamation point.”
― Tiffany Schmidt, The Boy Next Story

“I held my breath, because I wanted to be his no one. The person he had all sorts of first shares with. But more than that, I wanted to be here and hear him in this moment and not be so caught up in my own daydreams and swoons that I missed the reality. I'd done that before. More and more I was realizing how often I'd done that: projected the Toby in my head onto the guy beside me instead of appreciating the flawed and fantastic person he was.”
― Tiffany Schmidt, The Boy Next Story

“I snuffled into a laugh, because every girl I knew would be thinking the same thing right now—That dress has pockets?!
Merri called a cute dress with pockets "the holy grail”
― Tiffany Schmidt, The Boy Next Story

“Its edges were worn soft and clearly it had been a bigger picture that was trimmed down to match all the others, but the image was clear: small Toby and smaller me. In the sandbox.
Kissing.
I turned to show Toby, but he was already peering over my head. He put a hand on my hip and the other on my shoulder to anchor me as I leaned back and smiled up at him. "Pretty good first kiss," I told him.
"Turn it over," said Mom. "I don't need to say I told you so to your dad, if you read the inscription out loud." I flipped it over and squeaked. It was Toby who read out the words in his deep voice: "Rory's first kiss with Toby next
door. I predict it won't be their last ..."
"So you'll have to excuse me for not being more surprised. Your dad and I have known this for ages. We've been waiting for you two to catch on to the fact that you're inevitable.”
― Tiffany Schmidt, The Boy Next Story

“I'll demand my winnings when I see you in an hour."
"Your winnings?" I asked with a smile as I put the pieces back in the box. "I was unaware we were playing for a prize."
"A kiss." Toby's grin was my most favorite one and if it had shaken me like an earthquake before, now that he was mine, it hit me like a volcano, all my feelings rushing to the surface. He waved to my family, then touched my cheek, tracing the line of my smile. "See you soon.”
― Tiffany Schmidt, The Boy Next Story

“We’re not giving her a makeover. She doesn’t need one.”
“Fine. But some things aren’t about need, they’re about fun.”
― Tiffany Schmidt, The Boy Next Story

“Normally she was all over me like dog hair on black pants”
― Tiffany Schmidt, The Boy Next Story