Rachel Cohn Quotes - Page 5

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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 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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• The best is when we all go at once, like an army of interrelated popcorn zombies who laugh the same laughs and gasp the same gasps and aren’t so germ-phobic with each other that we won’t share a ginormous Coke with one straw. Family is useful like that.

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  Army, Laughing, Zombie

  Rachel Cohn, David Levithan (2010). “Dash & Lily's Book of Dares”, p.41, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• I mean, like most guys, you carry around this girl in your head, who is exactly who you want her to be. The person you think you will love the most. And every girl you are with gets measured against this girl in your head.

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  Girl, Mean, Thinking

  Rachel Cohn, David Levithan (2010). “Dash & Lily's Book of Dares”, p.121, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• You should never wish for wishful thinking.

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  Thinking, Wish, Wishful Thinking

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

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• People come to New York to be different, but I go to Starbucks to be the same.

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  New York, People, Different

  Rachel Cohn, David Levithan (2014). “Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List”, p.84, Egmont UK

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• Well sure, who doesn't need a boyfriend? but realistically, those exotic creatures are hard to come by. At least a quality one.

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  Quality, Needs, Exotic

  Rachel Cohn, David Levithan (2010). “Dash & Lily's Book of Dares”, p.25, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• I was horribly bookish, to the point of coming right out and saying it, which I knew was not socially acceptable.

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  Acceptable

  Rachel Cohn, David Levithan (2010). “Dash & Lily's Book of Dares”, p.11, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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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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• 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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• All this hoping for nothing-or someone-that's maybe hopeless

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  Hopeless

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• It's over when you decide it's over," Norah says. "When you call it a night. The rest is just a matter of where the sun is in the sky. That has nothing to do with us.

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  Night, Sky, Matter

  Rachel Cohn, David Levithan (2014). “Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist”, p.102, Egmont UK

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• Who else would find me at just this moment? First he found me drunk, now he found me cleaning up poo from a barking pony who was about to go into attack mode.

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  Drunk, Ponies, Firsts

  Rachel Cohn, David Levithan (2010). “Dash & Lily's Book of Dares”, p.191, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• I can be a badass DJ when I want, but I am also an insufferable music snob.

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  Badass, Want, Snob

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

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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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• 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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• So this chocolate princess. Her knight in shining armor is the Easter Bunny.

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  Easter, Princess, Knights

  Rachel Cohn (2008). “You Know Where to Find Me”, p.126, Simon and Schuster

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• So much is happening and yet nothing at all.

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  Happenings

  Rachel Cohn (2011). “You Know Where to Find Me”, p.121, Simon and Schuster

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• When is the night over? Is it the start of sunrise or the end of it? Is it when you finally go to sleep or simply when you realize that you have to?

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  Sleep, Night, Sunrise

  Rachel Cohn, David Levithan (2014). “Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist”, p.102, Egmont UK

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• Why should I tell you?" he asked, with no small amount of petulance. "If you tell me, I will leave you alone," I said. "And if you don't tell me, I'm going to grab the nearest ghostwritten James Patterson romance novel and I am going to follow you through this store reading it out loud until you relent." Now I could see the fright beneath the defiance.

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  Reading, Romance, Everlasting Love

  Rachel Cohn, David Levithan (2010). “Dash & Lily's Book of Dares”, p.135, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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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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• Why do you lie" I ask her. "To block the truth." Fair enough. Naomi goes on. "Where did we get it in our heads that we need truth all the time? Sometimes lies are nice, you know? You don't have to know the truth all the time. It's too exhausting.

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  Block, Nice, Lying

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