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.
Rachel CohnWold domination is exhausting and cliche. People ought to just focus on being individual responsible citizens of the earth instead of assholes.
Rachel CohnIt's bullshit to think of friendship and romance as being different. They're not. They're just variations of the same love. Variations of the same desire to be close.
Rachel CohnThe reward is in the risk. You canโt stay hidden inside Grandpaโs overprotective cloak forever. Youโve 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 itโs up to you to
Rachel CohnIt's not the loving that hurts this girl; it's the understanding of it for what it is, that it will never be returned in the same way, that threatens to destroy her. But to unload the words - "I love you" - on an innocent party who didn't ask for it, to reach across the dark space and touch him - it's like the world she knows could end if she dared speak these words, dared make such a move.
Rachel Cohn