"Next time I want to do something nice, slap me."
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Simone Elkeles quotes (page 9 of 14)
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"Can I request another peer guide, One who isn't so happy to be at school at 7:30 a.m.?"
"Since you came back from summer break, our entire relationship is about fooling around. We never talk anymore, and I'm sick of feeling guilty for not ripping my clothes off and spreading my legs to prove I love you."
"your actions with holds your future"
"I want to live life on my own terms. But I'm Mexican, so mi familia is always there to guide me in everything I do, whether I want them to or not. Well, "guide" is too weak a word. "Dictate" is more like it."
"Alex took a piece of my heart with him when he left."
"You shouldn't love me. I don't deserve you."
"Sometimes I wish there were do over years or fast forward days"
"I've spent so much time avoiding arguments and smoothing relationships with the people around me, this confrontation is painful."
"- Just do you know, Lenny this isn't a date. - Then what is it? - It's me falling sorry for you, because you're such a loser."
"Thing is, I don't like ties. I like to win....by big margins."
"If you can't share with your friends, who can you share with?"
"I turn around and wrap my arms around his neck. "Whoa, girl," he says taken aback. "I thought we were keepin' this thing between us a secret. I hate to tell you, but a bunch of north siders from Fairfield are right over there. And they're starin' at us" "I don't care. Not anymore" "Why" "You only live once"
"We’ve been secretly datin’ since last week.” He gives me a smile and a look that says I’m his one-and-only. That smile might deceive Madison, but I know he’s full of it. “Isn’t that right, K.?” He squeezes me tighter. “Uh-huh,” I squeak out. Madison shakes her head fast, as if she can’t believe what she’s hearing. “Nobody in their right mind chooses Kiara Westford over me.” She’s right. We’re busted. “Wanna bet?” My eyes go wide when Carlos bends his head down to me. “Kiss me, cariño."
"Before i was jumped in i remember Lucky telling us how being in a gang was like having a second family... a family who would be there when your own family wasn't. They would offer protection and security. It sounded perfect to a kid who'd lost his father."
"I saw you happy. Happier than you've been in a long time. With someone you like that much, the lows are as low as the highs are high."
"Who knew Lenny was an encyclopedia for useless information?"
"I guess we're all a bunch of mismatched couples - that actually fit"
"Secrets she'll take to the grave and secrets she's dying to share."
"It'd be cool if God gave everyone a Do Over Day and you could yell "Do Over!" and the day would start new."