Hope and belief. I'd always wanted hope, but never believed that I could have such an adventure on my own. That I could own it. And love it. But it happened. Rachel Cohn More Quotes by Rachel Cohn More Quotes From Rachel Cohn That’s what I like about sports. No matter if everyone playing the game speaks completely different languages, on the field, or the court, wherever they are playing, the language of moves and passes and scores is all the same. Universal. Rachel Cohn games sports moving I am stronger than words and I am bigger than the box I'm in, and then I see her in the crowd and I fall apart -I am listening and I am listening because what I'm playing isn't something I'm thinking about, it's something I'm feeling all over. Rachel Cohn feelings fall thinking Wow. I feel like in this riot of people, I have been kicked in the stomach, but by the giddy police. Forget about the need for oxygen. My mouth wants to go back to the place it just left. Rachel Cohn oxygen police people I'm told there's no going back. So I'm choosing forward. Rachel Cohn Teenage boys cannot be trusted. Their intentions are not pure. Rachel Cohn intention teenage boys But I know the difference. Everyone else is a ghost. I exist here alone, stranded by choice. Deserted. Rachel Cohn differences choices ghost The reward is in the risk. You can’t stay hidden inside Grandpa’s overprotective cloak forever. You’ve seemed like you needed to grow out of that for a while. Mom and Dad going away, and the red notebook, these things just helped. Now it’s up to you to Rachel Cohn notebook dad mom I am a classic Star Trek fanatic. When I was a kid, my mom and I used to go to conventions. Rachel Cohn i-am go classic mom