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• Once upon a time, Sleeping Beauty decided to take a nap from which she would never wake up.

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  Sleep, Naps, Once Upon A Time

  Rachel Cohn (2011). “You Know Where to Find Me”, p.17, Simon and Schuster

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• I am bigger than the box I'm in.

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  Boxes, Bigger

  Rachel Cohn, David Levithan (2014). “Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist”, p.6, Egmont UK

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• Prayer or not, I want to believe that, despite all evidence to the contrary, it is possible for anyone to find that one special person. That person to spend Christmas with or grow old with or just to take a nice silly walk in Central Park with. Somebody who wouldn't judge another for the prepositions they dangle, or their run-on sentences, and who in turn wouldn't be judged for the snobbery of their language etymology inclinations.

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  Running, Prayer, Nice

  Rachel Cohn, David Levithan (2010). “Dash & Lily's Book of Dares”, p.72, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• They were tricky, those demons. Could they be trusted? Of course they could be trusted. She'd created them. She owned them. They wouldn't lead her astray.

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  Demon, Tricky, Courses

  Rachel Cohn (2010). “Very LeFreak”, p.75, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• There are just lots of possibilities in the world...I need to keep my mind open for what could happen and not decide that the world is hopeless if what I want to happen doesn't happen. Because something else great might happen in between.

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  Mind, Needs, World

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• Somewhere between a friend and acquaintance—a frequaintance, as it were.

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  Acquaintance

  Rachel Cohn, David Levithan (2010). “Dash & Lily's Book of Dares”, p.16, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• I walked inside Macy’s and faced the pathetic spectacle of a department store full of shoppers, none of whom were shopping for themselves. Without the instant gratification of a self-aimed purchase, everyone walked around in the tactical stupor of the financially obligated.

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  Christmas, Self, Shopping

  Rachel Cohn, David Levithan (2010). “Dash & Lily's Book of Dares”, p.32, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• I figured being a bed salesman was a job of biblically bad paradox. I mean, here he was, forced to stand for eight or nine hours a day, and the whole time he’s surrounded by beds. And not only that, he’s surrounded by shoppers who see the beds and can’t help but think, Man, I’d love to lie down on that bed for a second. So not only does he have to stop himself from lying down, but he has to stop everyone else from doing it, too. I knew if I were him, I would be desperate for human company.

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  Jobs, Lying, Mean

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• Things change all the time, mostly in little ways.

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  Littles, Way, Things Change

  Rachel Cohn, David Levithan (2010). “Dash & Lily's Book of Dares”, p.216, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• I don’t know what boldness came over me, but the resolute heaviness of Dash’s demeanor threatened to crush my soul. My pinky finger crept over and nestled against his, for comfort. Like a magnet, his pinky finger latched onto and intertwined with mine. I like magnets a whole lot.

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  Crush, Soul, Comfort

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• She told me if I clean all the ashes out of the grate, then I’ll be able to help my sisters get ready for the bal.” “It’s Christmas, Dashiel. Can’t you give that atitude a rest?” “Merry Christmas, Dad. And thanks for the presents.” “What presents?” “I’m sorry—those were all from Mom, weren’t they?

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  Mom, Sorry, Dad

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• 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.

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  Sports, Moving, Games

  Rachel Cohn, David Levithan (2010). “Dash & Lily's Book of Dares”, p.102, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• 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.

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  Fall, Thinking, Feelings

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• 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.

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  Oxygen, People, Police

  Rachel Cohn, David Levithan (2014). “Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist”, p.13, Egmont UK

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• Lou's such an old punk he was around when the Ramones were junkie hustlers first and musicians second, when punk meant something other than a mass-marketing concept designed to help the bridge-and-tunnel crowd feel cool.

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  Tunnels, Bridges, Marketing

  Rachel Cohn, David Levithan (2014). “Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist”, p.12, Egmont UK

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• The complexity embedded in the different levels of meaning that go along with the words "I love you" ought to be a whole mindfuck of a video game

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  Love You, Games, Different

  Rachel Cohn, David Levithan (2014). “Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List”, p.9, Egmont UK

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• It broke the spell. It's not that I stopped being happy. I was still inexplicably, utterly happy. But suddenly the happiness had implications.

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  Broke, Stills, Spells

  Rachel Cohn, David Levithan (2014). “Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List”, p.17, Egmont UK

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• Therefore. Ergo. Erg. Argh. Ugh.

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  Ergs, Ugh

  Rachel Cohn, David Levithan (2007). “Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List”, p.179, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• I've given him more mixed signals than a dyslexic Morse code operator.

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  Morse Code, Signals, Given

  Rachel Cohn, David Levithan (2014). “Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist”, p.36, Egmont UK

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• There. I've said everything I wanted to say without actually having to use the words "please stay

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  Use, Said, Please

  Rachel Cohn, David Levithan (2014). “Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist”, p.41, Egmont UK

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• Perhaps it's not that I'm frigid-- it's that once I decide I like a guy, I turn into a raging idiot, unfit for public appearances.

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  Guy, Idiot, Appearance

  Rachel Cohn, David Levithan (2014). “Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist”, p.42, Egmont UK

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• Do you want to guess what's in here?" I asked Dash. "I think I've got it figured out already. There's a new supply of red notebooks in there, and you want us to fill them in with clues about the works of, say, Nicholas Sparks." "Who?" I asked. Please, no more broody poets. I couldn't keep up. "You don't know who Nicholas Sparks is?" Dash asked. I shook my head. "Please don't ever find out," he said.

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  Notebook, Thinking, Want

  Rachel Cohn, David Levithan (2010). “Dash & Lily's Book of Dares”, p.230, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• I could become a nun even if I am a non-believer. I'll learn to fake it like Nick did with me. I will minister the gospel of compassion and kindness and please, always use a condom, from famine-stricken nations to war-torn dead zones. It's possible I might become a nun who kisses other nuns.

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  Kindness, War, Kissing

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• There's the usual suspects in there, Green Day and The Clash and The Smiths, yeah, but there's also Ella and Frank, even Dino, some Curtis Mayfield and Minor Threat and Dusty Springfield and Belle & Sebastian, and as I flip through his musical life, getting to know his tastes, I must acknowledge that not only am I not frigid, but I also may be multi-orgasmic.

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  Musical Life, Usual, May

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• Be careful what you’re doing, because no one is ever who you want them to be. And the less you really know them, the more likely you are to confuse them with the girl or boy in your head

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  Girl, Boys, Want

  Rachel Cohn, David Levithan (2010). “Dash & Lily's Book of Dares”, p.122, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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