“You are the one girl that made me risk eveything for a future worth having.”
― Simone Elkeles, quote from Perfect Chemistry
“We're actors in our lives, pretendin' to be who we want people to think we are.”
― Simone Elkeles, quote from Perfect Chemistry
“I want to try making things right because picking up the pieces is way better than leaving them the way they are.”
― Simone Elkeles, quote from Perfect Chemistry
“I want to know how to make this girl laugh. I want to know what makes her cry. I want to know what it feels like to have her look at me as if I’m her knight in shinning armor.”
― Simone Elkeles, quote from Perfect Chemistry
“One of the things that makes me who I am is the loyalty I have to people I hold close to my heart.”
― Simone Elkeles, quote from Perfect Chemistry
“If there's one thing I learned, it's that nobody is here forever. You have to live for the moment, each and every day . . . the here, the now.”
― Simone Elkeles, quote from Perfect Chemistry
“But wishes are only granted in fairy tales.”
― Simone Elkeles, quote from Perfect Chemistry
“I'm losing control."-Brittany
Mamacita, I've already lost it."-Alex”
― Simone Elkeles, quote from Perfect Chemistry
“You once said you loved me. Do you still?"
My sister is watching this exchange between us. She smiles warmly at me, giving me the strength to tell him the truth. "I never stopped loving you. Even when I tried desperately to forget you. I couldn't.”
― Simone Elkeles, quote from Perfect Chemistry
“The reason I want you to put a shirt on is, well, because, um..."
"You've never seen a guy with his shirt off?"
"Ha, ha. Very funny. Believe me, you don't have anything I haven't seen before."
"Wanna bet?" he says, then moves his hands to the button on his jeans and pops it open. Isabel walks in at that exact moment.
"Whoa, Alex. Please keep your pants on.”
― Simone Elkeles, quote from Perfect Chemistry
“I can't help but smile as I swipe a lone tear trailing down my cheek. How can I not be crazy in love with this guy? Time away from him didn't change anything. I can't deny him another chance. That would be denying myself. ”
― Simone Elkeles, quote from Perfect Chemistry
“[Life]It is what you make it. If you think you can't change the world, then go on and follow the path already carved out for you. But there are other roads to choose, they're just harder to trudge through. Changing the world is'nt easy, but I sure as hell am going to keep trying. Are you?”
― Simone Elkeles, quote from Perfect Chemistry
“Miss Ellis?" Mrs. Perterson says. "It's your turn. Introduce Alex to the class"
"This is Alejandro Fuentes. When he wasn't hanging out on street corners and harrassing innocent people this summer, he toured the inside of jails around the city, if you know what i mean. His secret desire is to go to college and become a chemistry teacher, like you Mrs. Peterson."
Brittney flashed me a triumpnet smile, thinking she won this round. Guess again, gringa. "This is Brittney Ellis," I say, all eyes focused on me. "This summer she went to the mall, bought new clothes to extend her wardrobe, and spent her daddy's money on plastic surgery to enhance her, ahem, assets. Her secret desire is to date a Mexicano before she graduates."
Game on...”
― Simone Elkeles, quote from Perfect Chemistry
“I want to tell her how much she's become the center of my being. But I can't. The words won't come.”
― Simone Elkeles, quote from Perfect Chemistry
“If I had any choice in the matter, I'd stay in my comfy bed and eat warm chocolate chip cookies all day.”
― Simone Elkeles, quote from Perfect Chemistry
“Brit: What's your major?
Alex: Chemistry. And yours?
Brit: Chemistry. Kiss me so we can see if we still have it. 'Cause you own my heart, my soul, and everything else in between.”
― Simone Elkeles, quote from Perfect Chemistry
“He may be out of my life physically, but he'll always be a part of me. I can't let go even if I wanted to.”
― Simone Elkeles, quote from Perfect Chemistry
“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?”
― Simone Elkeles, quote from Perfect Chemistry
“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.”
― Simone Elkeles, quote from Perfect Chemistry
“I never stopped loving you. Even when I tried desperately to forget you, I couldn't.”
― Simone Elkeles, quote from Perfect Chemistry
“Opening yourself up to making mistakes and being vulnerable is what makes it beautiful and special with the person you love.”
― Simone Elkeles, quote from Perfect Chemistry
“I understand the reasons behind his keeping a distance from a girl he cares about. Because the truth is, sometimes getting close to the fire does actually burn you.”
― Simone Elkeles, quote from Perfect Chemistry
“I don't deserve you. You know that, querida, don't you? (Alex)”
― Simone Elkeles, quote from Perfect Chemistry
“There's a thin line between love and hate. Maybe you're confusing your emotions.”
― Simone Elkeles, quote from Perfect Chemistry
“NO PDA,school rules. And besides she's my partner dickhead." said Alex.”
― Simone Elkeles, quote from Perfect Chemistry
“Music is my drug, the one thing that makes me numb.”
― Simone Elkeles, quote from Perfect Chemistry
“Playing with fire doesn't necessarily get you burned.”
― Simone Elkeles, quote from Perfect Chemistry
“It'll be impossible to protect Brittany for the rest of her life from all the other guys who want to be near her, to see her as I've seen her. Touch her as I've touch her. Man, I never want to let her go.”
― Simone Elkeles, quote from Perfect Chemistry
“I hate games I can't win.”
― Simone Elkeles, quote from Perfect Chemistry
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“Here the phenomenologist has nothing in common with the literary critic who, as has frequently been noted, judges a work that he could not create and, if we are to believe certain facile condemnations, would not want to create. A literary critic is a reader who is necessarily severe. By turning inside out like a glove an overworked complex that has become debased to the point of being part of the vocabulary of statesmen, we might say that the literary critic and the professor of rhetoric, who know-all and judge-all, readily go in for a simplex of superiority. As for me, being an addict of felicitous reading, I only read and re-read what I like, with a bit of reader's pride mixed in with much enthusiasm.”
― Gaston Bachelard, quote from The Poetics of Space
“like insects on a rubber sheet, we live in a universe whose true form is hidden from direct view.”
― Lawrence M. Krauss, quote from The Physics of Star Trek
“The one consistent purpose or goal of the public meeting of the church is mutual edification, building each other up in the faith (1 Cor. 12, 14; Eph. 4:11–16). A healthy and committed member comes to serve, not to be served, like Jesus (Mark 10:45); to provide, not to be a consumer only.”
― Thabiti M. Anyabwile, quote from What Is a Healthy Church Member?
“Thomasplitzchen Buns Mom always said these could make your enemies your friends or your friends your enemies. I put on five pounds every St. Thomas Day because of them, so I’d say they’re my friendly enemies. Too good to eat just one. 2 cups all-purpose flour ½ teaspoon salt ½ cup butter ½ cup sugar or brown sugar 2 teaspoons baking powder ½ cup milk Filling 3 teaspoons melted butter 1 cup currants, raisins, cranberries, or whatever small, dried fruit you have on hand ¼ cup sugar Icing 3 tablespoons melted butter Few drops vanilla extract 2 cups powdered sugar Mix up all the ingredients for the buns. Get a rolling pin and press out the dough to one-eighth-inch thick on a floured board. Mix together the filling: butter, dried fruit, and sugar. Spread it on the dough. Roll it up like a fat sausage, and make one-inch slices. Put them pinwheel side up on a greased cookie sheet and bake off in a pre-heated 350°F oven until barely suntanned on top. For me, that’s about 12 minutes on a hot day and 15 on a cold one. To make the icing, mix together butter, vanilla extract, and powdered sugar. When the buns are out of the oven, give them a good sugar smothering and let cool.”
― Sarah McCoy, quote from The Baker's Daughter
“My gameplan is not to have a gameplan.”
― Tony Hawks, quote from Round Ireland with a Fridge
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