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.
Rachel CohnThere 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.
Rachel CohnDrosophila,โ I said, remembering the word. โWhat?โ Lily asked. โWhy do girls always fall for guys with the at ention span of drosophila?โ โWhat?โ โFruit flies. Guys with the attention span of fruit flies.โ โBecause theyโre hot?โ โThis,โ I told her, โis not the time for being truthful.
Rachel CohnIt's the great male fantasy-all it takes is one dance to know that she's the one. All it takes is the sound of her song from the tower, or a look at her sleeping face. And right away you know-this is the girl in your head, sleeping or dancing or singing in front of you. Yes, girls want princes, but boys want their princesses just as much.
Rachel Cohn