Simone Elkeles · 257 pages
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“Expectations make people miserable, so whatever yours are, lower them. You'll definitely be happier.”
― Simone Elkeles, quote from How to Ruin Your Boyfriend's Reputation
“God take care of him, because he's my past and my future”
― Simone Elkeles, quote from How to Ruin Your Boyfriend's Reputation
“Running should be saved for the times when you're being chased.”
― Simone Elkeles, quote from How to Ruin Your Boyfriend's Reputation
“Is anyone human actually normal? I'm beginning to think being normal is actually abnormal.”
― Simone Elkeles, quote from How to Ruin Your Boyfriend's Reputation
“I keep my expectations low, so nobody disappoints me." "Yeah, well, I have high expectations." I look toward Miranda. "I guess my friends do, too." "Expectations make people miserable, so whatever yours are, lower them. You'll definitely be happier.”
― Simone Elkeles, quote from How to Ruin Your Boyfriend's Reputation
“Say something, Amy," Miranda insists. "Something positive. I'm sure it'll make you feel better."
"Okay, Miranda. I've got it." I motion the girls to lean in close to hear my words. "At least I'm not dead."
How's that for positivity?
I have to admit it does make me feel better.”
― Simone Elkeles, quote from How to Ruin Your Boyfriend's Reputation
“That's the most stupid expression in the world. 'I fell in love'—as if you had no choice. There's a moment, there's always a moment; I can do this, I can give in to this or I can resist it. I don't know when your moment was but I bet there was one.”
― Patrick Marber, quote from Closer
“I was not delivered unto this world in defeat, nor does failure course in my veins. I am not a sheep waiting to be prodded by my shepherd. I am a lion and I refuse to talk, to walk, to sleep with the sheep. I will hear not those who weep and complain, for their disease is contagious. Let them join the sheep. The slaughterhouse of failure is not my destiny.”
― Og Mandino, quote from The Greatest Salesman in the World
“Gretchen's eyes blazed at Henry. 'Don't ever think you can know what I'll do”
― Chelsea Cain, quote from Sweetheart
“My arms were covered in scratches and had bled a little so I licked my finger and cleaned them off and thought God would have done a better job if he made blood taste like Three Musketeers bars.”
― Lesley Kagen, quote from Whistling In the Dark
“Loneliness and fear ate at him, a loner by choice who had prided himself on his daring and courage. The”
― Patricia Briggs, quote from The Hob's Bargain
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