Rachel Lynn Solomon Quotes

• “There’s this word in Japanese: tsundoku,” Neil says suddenly.
  “It’s my favorite word in any language.”
  “What does it mean?”
  He grins. “It means acquiring more books than you could ever
  realistically read.”

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• “Maybe it's the whole concept of a guilty pleasure," Neil says gently. "Why should we feel guilty about something that brings us - pleasure?”

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• “While I love romance, I’ve never believed in the concept of soul mates, which has always seemed a little like men’s rights activism: not a real thing. Love isn’t immediate or automatic; it takes effort and time and patience.
  The truth of it was that I’d probably never have the kind of luck with love the women who live in fictional seaside towns do. But sometimes I get this strange feeling, an ache not for something I miss, but for something I’ve never known.”

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• “My favourite books got happily-ever-afters— why couldn’t I?”

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• “Boy bands, fan fiction, soap operas, reality TV, most shows and movies with female main characters . . . We’re still so rarely front and center, even rarer when you consider race and sexuality, and then when we do get something that’s just for us, we’re made to feel bad for liking it. We can’t win.”

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• “When he grins, it’s bright enough to light up the night sky.
  It’s kind of beautiful.”

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• “How do you tell the person you’ve spent four years trying to destroy that you have a crush on them?”

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• “He glances down at his arms. “I didn’t even realize—am I expos-ing too much skin? I don’t want to be parading myself in front of
  you, taunting you with what you can’t have. I have a hoodie in my
  backpack. I can put it on if you’re—”
  “You’re definitely better. We’re leaving.”

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• “It's easy to be inclusive, and yet most people just don't care.”

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• “Maybe that’s the definition of nostalgia: getting sappy about things that are supposed to be insignificant.”

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• “You like it,” he says. There’s a glint
  in his eyes, like he understands something I don’t. “You like that nickname."
  
  And . . . I kind of do. It hasn’t felt irritating in a while. It’s only his, a language only we have, even if it’s a reference I don’t understand.”

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• “The love that I wanted so desperately: this isn’t what I thought
  it would feel like. It’s made me dizzy and it’s grounded me. It’s
  made me laugh when nothing is funny. It shimmers and it sparks,
  but it can be comfortable, too, a sleepy smile and a soft touch and
  a quiet, steady breath. Of course this boy—my rival, my alarm
  clock, my unexpected ally—is at the center of it.
  And somehow, it’s even better than I imagined.”

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• “Neil McNair has become my alarm clock, if alarm clocks had
  freckles and knew all your insecurities.”

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• “And just so you know, we might be having dinner together,
  but this isn’t a date,” Neil says, completely straight-faced. “I just
  don’t want you to get too excited. I mean, your parents are going
  to be there, so it would be really awkward if you were fawning over
  me the whole time.”

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• “Am I still ambitious if I've failed?”

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• “Today isn’t my epilogue with Neil—it’s a beginning. I’ll leave the happily-ever-afters in the books.”

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• “I am into classical music, in fact,” I say. “It’s been around for more than a thousand years, its composers have more name recognition than whatever ‘indie’ music you’re listening to right now, and symphonies sell out millions of performances a year. So go ahead, tell me classical music is tedious or boring or inferior.”

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• “I guess it’s like, in my head, my writing can be as great as I want it to be. But as soon as I declare I’m a writer, I’ll have something to prove. It’s hard to admit that you think you’re good at something creative. And then it’s so much worse for women. We’re told to shrug off compliments, to scoff when someone tells us we’re good at something. We shrink ourselves, convincing ourselves what we’re creating doesn’t actually matter.”

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• “You wrote a fucking book. Do you know how many people
  wish they could do that, or how many people talk about doing it
  and never do?”

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• “People think it’s harmless. They think it’s funny. That’s why they do it,” I say, trying to ignore the strange shiver where he touched my arm. Must be static electricity. “And sure. I guess it’s harmless until something bad happens. It’s harmless, and then there are security guards at your synagogue because someone called in a bomb threat. It’s harmless, and you’re terrified to get out of bed Saturday morning and go to services.”

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• “Is there a word for what happens after your sworn nemesis lets you into their room and tells you their secrets?”

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• “My problems are not in the same country as hers and Ima's. They're not on the same map. Does that make them less valid?”

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• “I know you can do this. You’re the person who revolutionized
  garbage collection at Westview, remember?”

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• “Its real.
  Neil loves me.”

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• “Maybe this is how I’m supposed to say goodbye to high school: not with an arbitrary list or a preconceived notion of the way things are supposed to be, but by realizing we’re actually better together.”

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