Rachel Cohn Quotes - Page 5

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• I don't know why I'm saying any of this, except that it's the truth." -Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist

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  Infinite, Playlists, Knows

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• Because I withered under the glare of an actual invitation, I was a firm believer in preventive prevarication--in other words, lying early in order to free myself later on.

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  Lying, Order, Glare

  Rachel Cohn, David Levithan (2010). “Dash & Lily's Book of Dares”, p.17, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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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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• 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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• The only use she has for the word fun is to make the word funeral.

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  Fun, Funeral, Use

  Rachel Cohn, David Levithan (2014). “Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist”, p.28, Egmont UK

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• Nick and I could become goodwill ambassadors for the city now that the porno shops on 42nd Street are gone. Must make mental note to contact mayor.

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  Cities, Gone, Ambassadors

  Rachel Cohn, David Levithan (2014). “Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist”, p.99, Egmont UK

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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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• People are like that, judging you before they know you.

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  People, Judging, Judging You

  Rachel Cohn (2011). “You Know Where to Find Me”, p.10, Simon and Schuster

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• 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.

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  Romance, Confusing, Want

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• Books. I'd probably spend all my time alone and lost in books if I could. It's easier that way.

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  Book, Way, Easier

  Rachel Cohn (2011). “You Know Where to Find Me”, p.125, Simon and Schuster

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• There was no word in the dictionary adequate to describe the sensation other than sensational.

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  Adequate, Sensational, Dictionary

  Rachel Cohn, David Levithan (2010). “Dash & Lily's Book of Dares”, p.238, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• I thought about the bigger picture of my life, and about the people—and particularly the guys—I would encounter during my lifetime. How would I ever know when that moment was right, when expectation met anticipation and formed … connection?

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  People, Expectations, Guy

  Rachel Cohn, David Levithan (2010). “Dash & Lily's Book of Dares”, p.237, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• 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

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  Notebook, Mom, Dad

  Rachel Cohn, David Levithan (2010). “Dash & Lily's Book of Dares”, p.212, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• I feel like you may be a special and kind person. And I would like to make it my business to know special and kind people. Especially if they are boys my age.

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  Boys, People, Special

  Rachel Cohn, David Levithan (2010). “Dash & Lily's Book of Dares”, p.170, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• What I’m sorry about is not being a tipsy idiot when you found me. I’m sorry about that, obviously, but more sorry that my stupidity caused us to lose a great opportunity. I don’t imagine you would have met me and fallen crazy in love with me, but I would like to think that if you’d had a chance to meet me under different circumstances, something just as nice could have happened. We could have become friends.

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  Sorry, Crazy, Nice

  Rachel Cohn, David Levithan (2010). “Dash & Lily's Book of Dares”, p.170, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• Teenage boys cannot be trusted. Their intentions are not pure.

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  Teenage, Boys, Intention

  Rachel Cohn, David Levithan (2010). “Dash & Lily's Book of Dares”, p.144, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• 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.

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  Adventure, And Love, Belief

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