She had been nobody and he had been golden. E. Lockhart More Quotes by E. Lockhart More Quotes From E. Lockhart You can't have an ending. It's impossible. Because unlike in the movies, life goes on. You're never at the end until you die. E. Lockhart ends goes-on impossible They do sometimes go crazy, these people, because the world is telling them not to want the things they want. It can seem saner to give up-But then one goes insane from giving up. E. Lockhart giving-up crazy people I don't know if there is a one for me. I think I might like variety. E. Lockhart one-for-me might thinking Meghan pushed her chocolate cheesecake across the table to me. I hadn’t gotten paid yet for November, so I had only ordered coffee. “Here,” she said. “Don’t you want it?” “Sure I want it. I ordered it. But I’m giving it to you.” “Why?” Meghan stood up and got me a fork. “Remember what Nora said about love? In your movie?” “Love is when you have a really amazing piece of cake, and it’s the very last piece, but you let him have it,” I said. “So it’s really amazing cake,” said Meghan. “And I want you to have it. E. Lockhart cake coffee love-is My problem is I can think whatever I think—girl power, solidarity, Gloria Steinem rah rah rah — but I still feel the way I feel. Which is jealous. And pissy about little things. E. Lockhart jealous girl life And this is my life, getting dumped with no warning. Or liking people who don't like me back, or who don't like me enough, or not as much as they like someone else. E. Lockhart enough warning people I swear, I have no understanding of other human beings. E. Lockhart swear understanding humans Do not think about guys who have broken your heart six ways. It is mentally deranged to chase after heartbreak. E. Lockhart broken heart thinking Dances are generally more fun to think about and get ready for than they actually are when you get there. E. Lockhart ready fun thinking She doesn't feel like crying anymore. E. Lockhart cry feels You are my girlfriend," whispered Matthew. " You're my girl and I'm your guy, and you're my girl and I'm your guy. Let's not fight." -pg 126 E. Lockhart guy girl fighting Singin' in the Rain was most excellent if you like movies where people burst into song and tap-dance. Which I do, though not as much as I like movies where people don't. E. Lockhart rain song people She will not be simple and sweet. She will not be what people tell her she should be. E. Lockhart simple sweet people How was I supposed to concentrate on my mental health when my therapist was encased in orange sparkle madness? E. Lockhart orange sparkle madness She might, in fact, go crazy, as has happened to a lot of people who break rules. Not the people who play at rebellion but really only solidify their already dominant positions in society...but those who take some larger action that disrupts the social order. Who try to push through the doors that are usually closed to them. They do sometimes go crazy, these people, because the world is telling them not to want the things they want. It can seem saner to give up--but then one goes insane from giving up. E. Lockhart giving-up crazy doors These guys, they were so sure of their places in life--so deeply confident of their merit and their future--they didn't need any kind of front at all. E. Lockhart merit guy needs I hate those endless descriptions of a heroine's physical attributes . . . it really bothers me how in books it seems like the only two choices are perfection or self-hatred. As if readers will only like a character who's ideal--or completely shattered. E. Lockhart hate character book White Chocolate. Intense, sweet. But not deep. Okay for prom dates or flings, but not to get serious..Milk chocolates are guys you could date for like a few months, and dark chocolates are for love. E. Lockhart white dark sweet There will be all these fifty-year-old women wearing hot pants and squeezing themselves into pretzel shapes and then there will be me. Just reaching for my toes like they're China. 'Hello there! You're so far away, I can't get to you! Can you even hear me? E. Lockhart shapes hot years Secrets are more powerful when people know you've got them. E. Lockhart powerful secret people