“Sometimes we need to take big risks if we want to find out who we are, and what we were put on this planet for.”
“There will be no more British guys. Unless they are members of the royal family, of course. ”
“Maybe you just saw what you wanted to see. Or maybe you justfelt what you wanted to feel.”
“Diet Coke does not contain nasty chemicals. It contains lovely and delicious carbonation, caffeine, and aspartame. What's unnatural about that?”
“Why should women have to fit into child sizes in order to be considered desirable? That is both sick and depressing.”
“It’s so much easier to walk away than it is to have to explain to someone that you never want to see them again.”
“There are nice, funny, totally good-looking guys out there. You just have to know where to look…and apparently, where NOT to look.”
“You can't turn love on and off like a faucet.”
“Did you let him know that if he can't see fit to return your blow job immediately, you will have no choice but to sue?”
“I hate confrontations. It's so much easier to walk away than it is to explain to someone that you never want to see them again.”
“Weight doesn’t matter. It really doesn’t. I mean, it does if you’re a model or whatever.”
“But I’m living proof you don’t have to spend a lot in order to look great.”
“It's just that the times I'm wrong don't register in your memory with as much clarity as the times I'm right.”
“No one wants to pursue anything creative anymore, because that’s too risky. They may not get the kind of return on the financial investment they’ve made in their education that they think they should.”
“On those trains you’ll be taking across Europe. A book light always comes in
handy.”
“But who wants to hang aroundfrat guys ? I want to be with guys who have more on their minds than where the next keg party is. I want to be with guys who care about making this world a better place—the way Andrew does. I want to be with guys who know that what’s important isn’t the size of a girl’s waistband but the size of her heart—like Andrew. I want to be with guys who are able to see past a girl’s outward appearance, and into her soul—like Andrew.”
“There are nice, funny totally good-looking guysout there. You just have to know where to look…and apparently, where NOT to look. Which is in the ladies' shower of your dorm.”
“You’re in Europe. You’re young. Young people have been going to Europe on a shoestring for a hundred years.”
“Ele parece alguma coisa jogada de um helicóptero: sabe como é, o cara perfeito para uma garota necessitada em uma ilha deserta.
A garota sendo eu, e a ilha deserta, a minha vida.”
“You know", Grandma says, "you could learn a lot from Dr.Quinn. She knows how to make soap from a sheep's guts. And she had twins when she was fifty. Fifty!”
“[while toasting] To blow jobs we want back”
“Book light,” Grandma grumbles as I hurry her away from Dad’s boss and his wife. “Who the hell wants
a book light?”
“Lots of people,” I say. “They are very handy things to have.”
“Sometimes, we need to take big risks if we want to find out who we are, and what we were put on this planet for.”
“I want to be with guys who have more on their minds than where the next keg party is.
I want to be with guys who care about making this world a better place.
I want to be with guys who know that what's important isn't the size of a girl's waistband but the size of her heart.
I want to be with guys who are able to see past a girls outward appearance, and into her soul.”
“Did you let him know that if he can’t see fit to return your blow job immediately, you will have no choice but to sue?”
“I’ll say she’s brave,” Grandma chimes in. “She’s going to England day after tomorrow to hump some guy she barely knows.”
“Do not antagonize your son! He is of an age to choose for himself. Because his choice is not your choice, do not assume that you must be right. If it is a misfortune—then accept misfortune. Be at hand to aid him when he needs aid. But do not turn him against you.”
“Vete al comedor, da una vuelta alrededor de la mesa mirado siempre su centro, y cuando hayas concluido el paseo circular, habrás dado una vuelta alrededor de ti mismo, puesto que la vista habrá recorrido todos los puntos del comedor. Pues bien, el comedor es el Cielo, la mesa es la Tierra y tú eres la Luna.”
“How the hell did people do this, this emotion-and-forgiveness thing? How did they stand these feelings? She could barely handle it and she had lovely, necessary, reason-for-living drugs to smooth over the rough spots. How did people do this shit sober?”
“Instead of more money she ended up with more drugs. Something told her that was probably not healthy. Something else in her didn’t give a shit. And the rest of her was realistic enough to know it didn’t matter.”
“Design is really an act of communication, which means having a deep understanding of the person with whom the designer is communicating.”
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