Quotes from A Little Something Different

Sandy Hall ·  272 pages

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“Sometimes it’s better to say something stupid than nothing at all.”
― Sandy Hall, quote from A Little Something Different


“They sit there in the window of the coffee shop for almost an hour, not talking much, but looking at each other over the tops of their books, flirting somehow even without words. It would be gross if it weren’t adorable.”
― Sandy Hall, quote from A Little Something Different


“...their voices are quieter than the other groups around them, but their body language speaks volumes.”
― Sandy Hall, quote from A Little Something Different


“I'll die of embarrassment."
"At least you'll die knowing.”
― Sandy Hall, quote from A Little Something Different


“It was like I couldn't think of any words. Now I can think of about nine million."
"How many words are in the English language?"
"Not the point.”
― Sandy Hall, quote from A Little Something Different



“When I think about it, it’s like I would have never been able to grow out of it. It’s like the tree and the bicycle. I grew around it and it became part of me.”
― Sandy Hall, quote from A Little Something Different


“What’s the point of becoming mind-numbingly drunk if it doesn't even give you the balls to talk to the girl you like?”
― Sandy Hall, quote from A Little Something Different


“If you’re going to talk to this great ass, at least be excited about it.”
― Sandy Hall, quote from A Little Something Different


“I don't think age has much to do with writing. I think it's something that can certainly improve in time, but there's no age limit on how old you need to be to write well.”
― Sandy Hall, quote from A Little Something Different


“My emotions are spiraling out of control. I never promised I would be logical at a time like this!”
― Sandy Hall, quote from A Little Something Different



“I feel like this is a horror story. That's how scared I am right now.
"Don't be scared."
"That doesn't help.”
― Sandy Hall, quote from A Little Something Different


“I'm aware of how unprofessional this is and yet I can't stop myself.”
― Sandy Hall, quote from A Little Something Different


“I’m really tired of being embarrassed all the time. And trying and having nothing happen.”
― Sandy Hall, quote from A Little Something Different


“Every time I see her, I’m always surprised. She keeps me on my toes. She smiles when I need her to, even though she could never know that I needed her to. I like the way she looks when she’s thinking. I like the way she looks at me when I’m thinking. She”
― Sandy Hall, quote from A Little Something Different


“For the record, I’ll still probably be pretty stupid sometimes. I make no promises that you’ll have the positive influence on me that you assume you’ll have.”
― Sandy Hall, quote from A Little Something Different



“He's like a cesspool in the midst of my creative writing oasis.”
― Sandy Hall, quote from A Little Something Different


“He's like a deer; I don't want to make any sudden movements and startle his thoughts away.”
― Sandy Hall, quote from A Little Something Different


“I don’t know what you’re saying but I’m sure I love you!”
― Sandy Hall, quote from A Little Something Different


“I look at her suspiciously. ... Nothing is ever short and easy in this class.”
― Sandy Hall, quote from A Little Something Different


“Shh,” Casey says, pulling me back closer. “They’ll need our recollection of this blessed event because they’re both so drunk.” “I’m not that drunk,” Lea says without turning around. “I am,” Gabe says. “For the record.” “So what do you have to say for yourself?” Lea says, stabbing him in the chest again with her finger. “Please stop stabbing me in the chest,” he says.”
― Sandy Hall, quote from A Little Something Different



“I sit up straight. She’s talking to me. No one ever talks to me. Oh, how I wish I knew human and could answer her. Instead I nibble on my peanut.”
― Sandy Hall, quote from A Little Something Different


“I like squirrels,” she says with a shrug.”
― Sandy Hall, quote from A Little Something Different


“They come in here every once in a while, and she goes to one corner and he goes to the other, and then they move around the store creating parabolas as they come together and bounce apart. They're the weirdest couple on Earth. I want to write math equations about them.”
― Sandy Hall, quote from A Little Something Different


“I think she has a serious school-supply addiction.”
― Sandy Hall, quote from A Little Something Different


“...the people who take their coffee orders far too personally, who have deep-seated emotional issues about how many pumps of mocha they get.”
― Sandy Hall, quote from A Little Something Different



“No one has time for benches in the winter.”
― Sandy Hall, quote from A Little Something Different


“Their trajectory of attraction is like an equation.”
― Sandy Hall, quote from A Little Something Different


“And I suppose they have friends in other places, and that I'm only seeing a tiny sliver of their lives, but it seems to me if they're moving in the same direction, why not move in the same direction together? I'm not talking about undying love, but I wish they would at least become friends. That wouldn't be too hard.”
― Sandy Hall, quote from A Little Something Different


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