I decided that, if I were to write a teen series, I'd want to set it in a place that was familiar to me - Manhattan, where I'd grown up - and I'd model the characters on myself and my friends. Cecily von Ziegesar More Quotes by Cecily von Ziegesar More Quotes From Cecily von Ziegesar There's a boy who they call Pony! He's always acting gross and horny! He thinks he's got a lot down there, but he sure wears tiny underwear! Cecily von Ziegesar horny boys thinking Oh, don't be a spoilsport. Gossip is sexy. Gossip is good. Not everybody does it, but everybody should! Cecily von Ziegesar gossip sexy doe oh my god, she couldn't help thinking. I have hairy legs and I'm going to die alone. Cecily von Ziegesar legs helping thinking the garbage cans and mailboxes on the sidewalk would stay the same, but the people would be just a beautiful blur of motion. Cecily von Ziegesar garbage-cans beautiful people Most people were raised to believe they are just as good as the next person. I was always told I was better. Cecily von Ziegesar next believe people Sometimes a b.f.f makes you go W.T.F but without them we'd all be a little less richer in our lives . Cecily von Ziegesar our-lives littles sometimes Just because we can't be together doesn't mean I don't love you Cecily von Ziegesar gossip-girl love-you mean No matter the truth, people see what they want to see. Cecily von Ziegesar matter want people Open the fridge and put My heart on a plate. I'm just as you left me, and I taste even better leftover. Cecily von Ziegesar you-left-me taste heart You said she's a senior? Babe we're ALL crazy. Cecily von Ziegesar babe senior crazy Taste of metal on my tongue. Poison the color of envy- I'm delirious, you're delicious, I'm deluded and delusional. I'm lost without you. I need you. Cecily von Ziegesar envy color poison Give a girl a boyfriend and she becomes a total expert on relationships Cecily von Ziegesar cute-relationship boyfriend girl the only way to tolerate the thought of her mother sleeping with that man was to get drunk-very drunk. Cecily von Ziegesar mother sleep men You can't make people love you but you can make them fear you Cecily von Ziegesar gossip-girl love-you people Nate stared, slack-jawed as the cab merged with the traffic and became impossible to spot. That was it. They chose each other. Just then, the dark sky lit up with fireworks. A cab sailing the street honked in celebration . In the night air , Nate thought he could hear Serena and Blairs' laughter, though he knew that was impossible; they were too far away by now. But as we know, in this city anything is possible Cecily von Ziegesar laughter dark night Destiny is for losers. It's just a lame excuse for letting things happen to you instead of making them happen. Cecily von Ziegesar lame loser destiny Blair liked to think of herself as a hopeless romantic in the style of old movie actresses like Audrey Hepburn and Marilyn Monroe. She was always coming up with plot devices for the movie she was starring in at the moment, the movie that was her life. Cecily von Ziegesar hopeless-romantic style thinking Not that she didn't love almost every boy she'd ever met, and not that every boy in the world didn't totally love her. It was impossible not to. But she wanted someone to love her and shower her with attention the way only a boy who was completely in love with her could. The rare sort of love. True love. The kind of love she'd never had. Cecily von Ziegesar girl attention boys You know when you see a gorgeous boy on the street and you say to your friend, "Look at him!" and then your friend makes a face like, ugly? We all have such totally varied tastes that someone is going to look at you and think, yum-yum dee-lish, no matter what you think you look like. You just have to learn to see what they see. Cecily von Ziegesar matter boys thinking I went to Colby College in Waterville, ME and did picture it when I was writing 'Cum Laude.' So many of the physical details were included, like the loop where people jogged. The story of the chapel is also borrowed from Colby... but the students and cast of characters are fictional. Cecily von Ziegesar picture me college people