Simone Elkeles Quotes

- I don't want you to love me. - Too late, mi chava.

How funny it is that the most unlikely person sometimes becomes your ally.

Can I request another peer guide, One who isn't so happy to be at school at 7:30 a.m.?

Secrets she'll take to the grave and secrets she's dying to share.

Did we kiss last night?" "Yes." "Well, it wasn't memorable because I have no recollection of it." He laughs. "I was kiddin'. We didn't kiss." He leans in. "When we kiss you'll remember it.Forever.

I love you because you’re the only person I want to make love to without any conditions and—and I love that you need me.

Stop thinking about Michael," Tuck orders. "He was cute." "So is a hairy ferret but I wouldn't want to date one. [...]

And just so you know for the future, I like my double-chocolate chip cookies warm and soft in the middle...and without magnets glued to them." "Me, too. When you decide to bake me some, let me know.

Makin' mistakes ain't a crime, you know. What's the use of having a reputation if you can't ruin it every now and then?

I don't want to end up like my mom. That's my biggest fear in life.

When she wraps her arms around my neck, all I want to do is protect this girl for the rest of my life.

With someone you like that much, the lows are as low as the highs are high. Does that make sense?' It does. It also makes me sound bipolar.' Love will do that to a person.

Tell me what we had was real, I whisper.

She ignores me, so I cup my hands over my mouth and do something I haven’t done in years— barnyard sounds.

We need to look back sometimes and realize the past taught us to appreciate our future.

Sometimes things are better off forgotten.

When my eyes meet his gaze as we're sitting here staring at each other, time stops. Those eyes are piercing mine, and I can swear at this moment he senses the real me. The one without the attitude, without the facade[...]

Is anyone human actually normal? I'm beginning to think being normal is actually abnormal.

Oh, and just so you know, before we go out to the field we all get into a huddle and yell 'Go Queers!' really loud.

You are the one girl that made me risk eveything for a future worth having.

I like to write books that touch my heart. I want to entertain, and I love to entertain myself.

You know you can do more, but everyone expects you to quit.

If no words come, you can always give him the finger.

Stop focusing on the bad stuff because life is too damn short.

He has no clue that I have the patience of a saint. At least that's what Carlos says, although that isn't saying much, considering his fuse is about as short as an eyelash.

Somehow, being with Brittany brings something to my life that's missing, something ... right.

Unfortunately, I can’t run from my heart. It hurts, deep inside my body. And I know I’ll never be the same.

Opinions are like assholes, everyone has one but they think each others stink.

Como un angel," I whisper. "Is our game over?" she asks nervously. "It's definitely over, querida. 'Cause what we're gonna do next is no game.

From the moment I laid eyes on you I couldn't stop looking at you. From the moment we talked I couldn't stop arguing with you. From the moment we kissed I couldn't stop kissing you. And from the moment we shared our hopes, fears and insecurities I couldn't stop loving you.

Three things Marco taught me today race through my mind: boys will lie to your face just to have sex with you, don't trust any boy who says I love you, and never date a boy who lives on the south side of Fairfield.

being afraid to take chances is scarier than actually doing things that challenge you.

I like that girl more that I can remember likin’ anything in my life. I’m not about to give her up. I’ll start carin’ what people think when I am six feet under.

A garter. You’re supposed to take it off and keep it as a memento. K-k-kinda like a trophy for going far sexually with a girl. It’s stupid, really. And kind of d-d-degrading if I think about it too m-m-much.” “I know what it is,” he says, amusement evident in his voice. “I just wanted to hear your explanation.

Music is my drug, the one thing that makes me numb.

Alex probably brings his dates sharp knives as gifts, in case she'll need one when she's out on a date with him.

Why shouldn't I be introspective? We dont' make sense." "Neither do Chocolate and Peanut Butter, but it somehow works." He says "Somehow the mixture of two things is genius.

I turn around and wrap my arms around his neck. "Whoa, girl," he says taken aback. "I thought we were keepin' this thing between us a secret. I hate to tell you, but a bunch of north siders from Fairfield are right over there. And they're starin' at us" "I don't care. Not anymore" "Why" "You only live once

If you could wish on a star right now, what would you wish for?"I ask him. "For time to stop. "Why?" He shrugs. "Cause I could live forever at this moment.

That wouldn't fit my right testicle

This connection we have isn't going away, it's only getting stronger. Because the more I spend time with her, the closer I want to be.

Romance novels are my favorite books to read. I write young adult romances, and am so happy to be promoting this wonderful genre.

From the look of us, you'd never know we slept in the same bed last night and made out like the world was going to end if we stopped.

I want to be wherever you are.

the scary part is that people don't realize how much they've changed .

No, the next time i kiss you it'll last a long, long time. And then when we're done you're gonna realize being turned on is not about experience

The urge to jump into his arms and feel the warmth of them surrounding me is so powerful, I wonder if it's medically possible to be addicted to another human being.

I want to try making things right because picking up the pieces is way better than leaving them the way they are.