What's better, I wonder - to be a toy for the humans, or to control your own destiny , even if the only way to do so is suicide? Rachel Cohn More Quotes by Rachel Cohn More Quotes From Rachel Cohn Friendship is love as much as any romance. And like any love, it’s difficult and treacherous and confusing. But in the moment when your knees touch, there’s nothing else you could ever want. Rachel Cohn romance confusing want I mean, I think I am basically a cool girl, but I am also a pain in the ass. Rachel Cohn pain girl mean From a distance, a clone's luminous eyes are meant to draw in humans and make them feel safe. Up close, the eyes appear hollow. Because of that, humans tend not to look into our eyes too closely, which I've been told is socially preferable, as eyes without souls behind them can be frightening. Rachel Cohn distance eye soul The humans create life, and senselessly cause death. For nothing. Rachel Cohn causes humans I am a classic 'Star Trek' fanatic. Rachel Cohn classic fanatics stars I feel like there's so much darkness in all of my books. Rachel Cohn darkness feels book I've always been sort of a closet sci-fi geek. Rachel Cohn geek closets sci-fi Usually my characters, though young, tend to be street-wise. Rachel Cohn wise young character When I was a teenager, the number one book I was most obsessed with was 'Gone with the Wind. Rachel Cohn teenager wind book I don't see why ogling same-sex kissing should be the exclusive domain of frat boys whacking off to lesbian action, that's so sexist. Feminism should be all inclusive- it should be about sexual liberation, equal pay for equal work, and the fundamental girl right of boy2boy appreciation. Rachel Cohn girl appreciation sex How come princesses always have some huge flaw that can cause their downfall? Rachel Cohn princess flaws causes No one would want to read a book in which I explain the science of cloning because it would be very dull and it would also make no sense. Rachel Cohn cloning would-be book You know the reason The Beatles made it so big?...'I Wanna Hold Your Hand.' First single....brilliant. Perhaps the most...brilliant song ever written. Because they nailed it. That's what everyone wants. Not 24/7 hot wet sex. Not a marriage that lasts a hundred years. Not a Porsche...or a million-dollar crib. No. They wanna hold your hand. They have such a feeling that they can't hide. Every single successful song of the past fifty years can be traced back to 'I Wanna Hold Your Hand.' And every single successful love story has those unbearable and unbearably exciting moments of hand-holding. Rachel Cohn growing-up song sex There is no such thing as a soulmate...and who would want there to be? I don't want half of a shared soul. I want my own damn soul. Rachel Cohn soulmate half want I don't know why I'm saying any of this, except that it's the truth." -Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist Rachel Cohn playlists infinite knows But she's not, and I am left to wonder on my own: How does this work, the getting to know a new guy without revealing too much desperation for his undivided attention? Rachel Cohn guy doe attention How would I ever know when that moment was right, when expectation met anticipation and formed...connection? Rachel Cohn connections anticipation expectations Well what's in your Amazonian hope chest? Rachel Cohn chests wells Listen to me: I never married because I was too easily bored. It's an awful, self-defeating trait to have. It's much better to be too easily interested. Rachel Cohn awful bored self I'm liking that I can throw any kind of sentence at her without worrying it's too out there. Rachel Cohn sentences kind worry