Because I withered under the glare of an actual invitation, I was a firm believer in preventive prevarication--in other words, lying early in order to free myself later on. Rachel Cohn More Quotes by Rachel Cohn More Quotes From Rachel Cohn The important people in our lives leave imprints. They may stay or go in the physical realm, but they are always there in your heart, because they helped form your heart. There's no getting over that. Rachel Cohn heart life people I've always resented Hermione, because I wanted to be her so badly and she never seemed to appreciate as much as I thought she should that she got be her. She got to live at Hogwarts and be friends with Harry and kiss Ron, which was supposed to happen to me. Rachel Cohn hogwarts appreciate kissing When in doubt, ingest carbs. Rachel Cohn eating doubt food The reward is in the risk. Rachel Cohn rewards risk Cinderella was such a dork. She left behind her glass slipper at the ball and then went right back to her step-monster's house. It seems to me she should have worn the glass slipper always, to make herself easier to find. I always hoped that after the prince found Cinderella and they rode away in their magnificent carriage, after a few miles she turned to him and said, "Could you drop me off down the road please? Now that I've finally escaped my life of horrific abuse, I'd like to see something of the world, you know?... I'll catch back up with you later, Prince, once I've found my own way. Rachel Cohn glasses should-have house I wanted to talk to someone. But who? It’s moments like this, when you need someone the most, that your world seems smallest. Rachel Cohn moments world needs One of the failures of cellular communication is that tiredness often comes across as sadness. Rachel Cohn cellular sadness communication That's because you're interpreting it the wrong way. I didn't mean it as a wistful, overdramatic declaration. I mean that the love I felt for him was huge and real, and, while painful, it forever changed me as a person, in the same way that being your brother reflects and changes how I evolve, and vice versa. The important people in our lives leave imprints. They may stay or go in the physical realm, but they are always there in your heart, because they helped form your heart. There's no getting over that. Rachel Cohn real brother heart I want to believe there is a somebody out there for me. I want to believe that I exist to be there for that somebody. Rachel Cohn want believe It's bullshit to think of friendship and romance as being different. They're not. They're just variations of the same love. Variations of the same desire to be close. Rachel Cohn bullshit love thinking We all just took the bookstore at its word, because if you couldn't trust a bookstore, what could you trust? Rachel Cohn bookstores ifs There’s no such thing as ready,” she says. “There’s only willing. Rachel Cohn willing ready Dumped doesn't even begin to describe it. If you're going to use a trash metaphor, incinerated is more like it. Rachel Cohn trash metaphor use Everyone on this island wants something kept quiet. I want to roar Rachel Cohn want-something want islands You bookish little pervert. Rachel Cohn littles No--when the rain falls you just let it fall and you grin like a madman and you dance with it, because if you can make yourself happy in the rain then you're doing pretty alright in life. (Nick, page 156) Rachel Cohn pages rain fall The desert adapts. The people adapt. Live. Die. Struggle. Suffer. Create. The people in the real world beyond Demesne's ring are not all manufactured perfection. They deal. Rachel Cohn real struggle people In a field, I am the absence of field. In a crowd, I am the absence of crowd. In a dream, I am the absence of dream. But I don't want to live as an absence. I move to keep things whole. Because sometimes I feel drunk on positivity. Sometimes I feel amazement at the tangle of words and lives, and I want to be a part of that tangle. Rachel Cohn positivity dream moving Males are the most incomprehensible species. Rachel Cohn species males Do you still Kill Gerbils? Rachel Cohn stills
