A few weeks ago, I joined goodreads.com. It's a cool social networking site for book lovers and avid readers. You can keep track of every book you read, get recommendations, see pages that belong to your favorite others and their list of favorite books, friend people just as you would on Facebook, link it to your Facebook, submit reviews and keep track of your progress. There are groups and book clubs, and I think it's really cool -- but then, I'm a nerd, so it might just be me. Luckily, I run with a lot of other readers who will like it, too, so we can all be nerds together.
"A guy was the last thing she needed right now. Unless he had a PhD in psychology, he was of little use."
L.A. Candy: Sweet Little Lies (Book 2) by Lauren Conrad
"As Jane licked off and put her phone back on her nightstand, she wondered about his parting words: I'll talk to you soon. They hadn't talked at all in seven whole months. Why would they be talking anytime soon? And why was she supposed to call him if she 'needed anything'? Had something changed? ... Forget 'kinda complicated'; everything in Jane's life was downright confusing."
L.A. Candy: Sweet Little Lies (Book 2) by Lauren Conrad
"You could tell he wasn't even into her. I saw him looking at you. It's obvious that he missed you and is trying to make you jealous. You hurt him and now he's trying to hurt you back."
L.A. Candy: Sweet Little Lies (Book 2) by Lauren Conrad
"Scarlett felt strangely uncomfortable confiding in Jane. It was like she was watching their relationship change and she couldn't do anything about it. It used to be that they never kept secrets from each other. And now, they did."
L.A. Candy: Sweet Little Lies (Book 2) by Lauren Conrad
"She had no words to describe her emotional state these days ('irrational' and 'unstable,' maybe?). She wanted to linger in this irrational, unstable, and, if she had to admit it, kind of awesome limbo of her noncrush on Liam for as long as possible -- not going forward, not making a commitment, just ... being there. She couldn't see their relationship continuing, but she couldn't see it not continuing, either. For now, she would just enjoy whatever it was they had -- without labels, without promises, and without telling anyone about it. Not even Jane. Scarlett had already not told her about New Year's with Liam. Might as well keep the half-truths rolling -- that was the state of their union these days anyway."
L.A. Candy: Sweet Little Lies (Book 2) by Lauren Conrad
"Scarlett hadn't written (him) back. And she wasn't entirely sure why. She just couldn't bring herself to do it. It wasn't that she didn't miss him. She did -- a lot. She missed their conversations about books and music and movies and politics. She missed his kisses. She missed the way he wrapped his arms around her, making her feel so desired and so protected at the same time. She missed his face. She missed his eyes. She missed everything about him. So why was she ignoring him? Part of it was that she was in funk, and she didn't like sharing her funks with another person. She also didn't like how much she missed him, which seemed crazy and upside down, but there it was. Crazy and upside down seemed to be her hallmarks these days."
L.A. Candy: Sweet Little Lies (Book 2) by Lauren Conrad
"I blew it with him. When Jane moved out, I was really, really upset. He tried to be there for me and stuff, because he's such a nice guy, but I didn't want his sympathy, so I just pushed him away. Actually, I didn't just push him away. I was an asshole to him."
L.A. Candy: Sweet Little Lies (Book 2) by Lauren Conrad
"She knew that the only person she could truly count on was herself. She had had enough disappointment in her life to know that other people always let you down."
L.A. Candy: Sweet Little Lies (Book 2) by Lauren Conrad
"She had decided to give him some space. After a few days, though, that space had seemed more like a void. Not knowing how to deal with it, she had thrown herself into her schoolwork, spending most of her nights at the library."
L.A. Candy: Sweet Little Lies (Book 2) by Lauren Conrad
"Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop."
-H.L. Mencken
"Sure, she could be a pain in the ass, but she was his pain in the ass."
-from Gossip Girl: I Will Always Love You (Book 12) by Cecily vonZiegesar
"He was home, but he felt further away from anything he'd ever known. Sometimes home is where the heart breaks."
-from Gossip Girl: I Will Always Love You (Book 12) by Cecily vonZiegesar
"Once, in high school, when she and Serena were smoking Merits on the steps of the Met, they came up with the theory that you had an almost psychic connection to anyone you'd ever kissed. If you really concentrated, you could almost sense where they were in geographic relation to you. And right now, Nate felt very far away."
-from Gossip Girl: I Will Always Love You (Book 12) by Cecily vonZiegesar
"'I'm just so tired,' she said finally. She wanted to tell Pete how much seeing Serena and Nate had shaken her. Being back in New York was like pulling a gigantic Band-Aid off her whole fucking life, exposing the raw, oozing parts of her past that hadn't healed."
-from Gossip Girl: I Will Always Love You (Book 12) by Cecily vonZiegesar
"In literary theory, a liminal space somewhere in between -- a place that's neither here nor there. I think it's safe to say we're at a liminal space in our lives: We're not teenagers, but we're not quite adults. At times, we're being chastised by our parents for not calling; at others, we're starting internships at companies we might want to work for someday, in our real, adult lives. My advice: Instead of worrying about who you were or what you'll become, try to just enjoy the moment."
-from Gossip Girl: I Will Always Love You (Book 12) by Cecily vonZiegesar
"When you had nothing else to trust, you had to trust yourself."
-from Gossip Girl: I Will Always Love You (Book 12) by Cecily vonZiegesar
"That's what I feel like college is all about. Figuring out what's important to you in life, the thing you'll follow to the end of the earth. Figuring out what you care about most."
-from Gossip Girl: I Will Always Love You (Book 12) by Cecily vonZiegesar
"On some nights, frenemies beat strangers."
-from Gossip Girl: I Will Always Love You (Book 12) by Cecily vonZiegesar
"It was one thing to know they were together and it was another to see it."
-from Gossip Girl: I Will Always Love You (Book 12) by Cecily vonZiegesar
"It struck him that they were twenty - actual adults - and yet all they wanted to do was act like little kids. It was like that dumb cliche: The more you change, the more you stay the same. Maybe growing up was just about becoming closer to the person you always were."
-from Gossip Girl: I Will Always Love You (Book 12) by Cecily vonZiegesar
"He suddenly remembered learning about catalyst reactions in his high school chemistry class. One random chemical could change everything between two otherwise normal chemicals. It all made sense. He was a f***ing catalyst."
-from Gossip Girl: I Will Always Love You (Book 12) by Cecily vonZiegesar
"As we all bustle about trying to figure out our futures, I'm experiencing deja vu. Didn't we do this once already? it's senior year stress all over again - except this time, we're not applying to college, we're applying to life. My advice is the same as I gave four years ago: Sometimes, you just need to pour the pinot, turn on some tunes, and chill out. After all, don't we have the rest of our lives to worry?"
-from Gossip Girl: I Will Always Love You (Book 12) by Cecily vonZiegesar
"The true paradises are the ones we have lost."
-Marcel Proust
"Blair settled back into bed, loving how she could say whatever she wanted -- be whoever she wanted -- in front of her two oldest friends. She hoped no matter what happened, it could always be that way."
-from Gossip Girl: I Will Always Love You (Book 12) by Cecily vonZiegesar
"No matter what, they didn't have as strong a connection as he described in the poems he wrote about their relationship. It wasn't the marriage of two minds, not really. It was more like falling in love with an allusion of perfection."
-from Gossip Girl: I Will Always Love You (Book 12) by Cecily vonZiegesar
"For once in her life, the movie in her mind wasn't playing. She had no idea what her next line was or how she should exit. She had no idea if any man was waiting in the wings."
-from Gossip Girl: I Will Always Love You (Book 12) by Cecily vonZiegesar
"It was crazy how they'd lived in the same orbit for so long, had dated and broken up and hooked up for years, how they'd shared an apartment when they were both together and apart. How she could still make him smile more than anyone else in the world."
-from Gossip Girl: I Will Always Love You (Book 12) by Cecily vonZiegesar
"Even though Easy Walsh hadn't been at Waverly since he had been expelled more than a month ago, she couldn't help looking for his face whenever she walked into a room. It was a reflex."
-from It Girl: Adored (Book 8) by Cecily vonZiegesar
"If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun."
-Katharine Hepburn
"Is it (love) something we cling to, just because it offers comfort? Do we have the power to convince ourselves we're in love? Or is it a stronger feeling, one we can't control?"
-from It Girl: Devious (Book 9) by Cecily vonZiegesar
"'Do you believe in true love?' 'I don't really think I know what that means. I mean, I fell in love with Jeremiah, and I was sure he was my true love. You know, the one I'd been waiting for and all that.' She shrugged and smiled at Callie. 'But there were just so many ups and downs. Like, we were always fighting -- always misunderstanding each other. It was like we were ... I don't know. Speaking different languages or something.' Immediately, Callie thought about her tumultuous relationship with Easy. They'd broken up about eight hundred times. There were plenty of ups, of course ... but they always seemed to be followed by an even bigger down."
-from It Girl: Devious (Book 9) by Cecily vonZiegesar
"Look. I really like you. I might even be in love with you. But I can't keep doing this. You get mad at me. You don't tell me why. You break up with me. You come back and apologize. Then it starts all over again."
-from It Girl: Devious (Book 9) by Cecily vonZiegesar
That's all for now ... next time, quotes from Eclipse (the book) and probably some Gilmore Girls. :)
