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"> <a class="leftAlignedImage quoteAvatar " href="/author/show/5129.Daniel_Clowes"> <img alt="Daniel Clowes" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1206732618i/5129._UX200_CR0,23,200,200_.jpg" /> </a> <div class="quoteText"> “He always accuses me of trying to look'cool', I was like, 'everybody tries to look cool, I just happen to be successful.” <br /> ― <span class="authorOrTitle"> Daniel Clowes, </span> <span id=quote_book_link_62953> <a class="authorOrTitle" href="/work/quotes/43003">Ghost World</a> </span> </div> <div class="quoteFooter"> <div class="greyText smallText left"> tags: <a href="/quotes/tag/boy">boy</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/cool">cool</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/girl">girl</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/successful">successful</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/try">try</a> </div> <div class="right"> <a class="smallText" title="View this quote" href="/quotes/7116920-he-always-accuses-me-of-trying-to-look-cool-i-was">949 likes</a> </div> </div> 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Scott" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1603737393i/2980674._UY200_CR1,0,200,200_.jpg" /> </a> <div class="quoteText"> “Maybe you could be mine / or maybe we’ll be entwined / aimless in this sexless foreplay.” <br /> ― <span class="authorOrTitle"> Jess C Scott, </span> <span id=quote_book_link_6600066> <a class="authorOrTitle" href="/work/quotes/6793913">EyeLeash: A Blog Novel</a> </span> </div> <div class="quoteFooter"> <div class="greyText smallText left"> tags: <a href="/quotes/tag/body">body</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/boy">boy</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/boyfriend">boyfriend</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/boys">boys</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/cool">cool</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/culture">culture</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/desire">desire</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/emotion">emotion</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/friendship">friendship</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/funny">funny</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/honesty">honesty</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/humor">humor</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/humour">humour</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/imagination">imagination</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/individuality">individuality</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/life">life</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/love">love</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/music">music</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/novel">novel</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/passion">passion</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/poem">poem</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/poems">poems</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/poet">poet</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/poetry">poetry</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/poetry-life">poetry-life</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/poets">poets</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/reality">reality</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/relationships">relationships</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/romance">romance</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/self">self</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/sex">sex</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/technology">technology</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/truth">truth</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/wisdom">wisdom</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/young">young</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/youth">youth</a> </div> <div class="right"> <a class="smallText" title="View this quote" href="/quotes/287001-maybe-you-could-be-mine-or-maybe-we-ll-be">414 likes</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="action"> <a class="gr-button gr-button--small" rel="nofollow" href="/user/new">Like</a> </div> <br class="clear"/> </div> <div class="quote mediumText "> <div class="quoteDetails "> <div class="quoteText"> “One day you fall for this boy. And he touches you with his fingers. And he burns holes in your skin with his mouth. And it hurts when you look at him. And it hurts when you don’t. And it feels like someone’s cut you open with a jagged piece of glass.” <br /> ― <span class="authorOrTitle"> Maureen Medved, </span> <span id=quote_book_link_1919053> <a class="authorOrTitle" href="/work/quotes/1921131">The Tracey Fragments</a> </span> </div> <div class="quoteFooter"> <div class="greyText smallText left"> tags: <a href="/quotes/tag/boy">boy</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/love">love</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/lust">lust</a> </div> <div class="right"> <a class="smallText" title="View this quote" href="/quotes/335754-one-day-you-fall-for-this-boy-and-he-touches">407 likes</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="action"> <a class="gr-button gr-button--small" rel="nofollow" href="/user/new">Like</a> </div> <br class="clear"/> </div> <div class="quote mediumText "> <div class="quoteDetails "> <a class="leftAlignedImage quoteAvatar " href="/author/show/2980674.Jess_C_Scott"> <img alt="Jess C. Scott" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1603737393i/2980674._UY200_CR1,0,200,200_.jpg" /> </a> <div class="quoteText"> “I suppose it’s not a social norm, and not a manly thing to do — to feel, discuss feelings. So that’s what I’m giving the finger to. Social norms and stuff…what good are social norms, really? I think all they do is project a limited and harmful image of people. It thus impedes a broader social acceptance of what someone, or a group of people, might actually be like.” <br /> ― <span class="authorOrTitle"> Jess C Scott, </span> <span id=quote_book_link_8583026> <a class="authorOrTitle" href="/work/quotes/13452263">New Order</a> </span> </div> <div class="quoteFooter"> <div class="greyText smallText left"> tags: <a href="/quotes/tag/bisexual">bisexual</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/bisexuality">bisexuality</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/bisexuals">bisexuals</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/body">body</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/books">books</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/boy">boy</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/cool">cool</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/culture">culture</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/desire">desire</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/emotion">emotion</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/erotic">erotic</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/erotica">erotica</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/friendship">friendship</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/funny">funny</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/gay">gay</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/gay-men">gay-men</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/gay-rights">gay-rights</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/glbt">glbt</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/guy">guy</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/honesty">honesty</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/humor">humor</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/humour">humour</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/imagination">imagination</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/individuality">individuality</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/life">life</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/love">love</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/music">music</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/novel">novel</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/passion">passion</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/reality">reality</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/relationships">relationships</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/romance">romance</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/self">self</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/sex">sex</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/sexuality">sexuality</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/society">society</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/society-s-increasing-stupidity">society-s-increasing-stupidity</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/technology">technology</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/truth">truth</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/wisdom">wisdom</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/young">young</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/youth">youth</a> </div> <div class="right"> <a class="smallText" title="View this quote" href="/quotes/287004-i-suppose-it-s-not-a-social-norm-and-not-a">345 likes</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="action"> <a class="gr-button gr-button--small" rel="nofollow" href="/user/new">Like</a> </div> <br class="clear"/> </div> <div class="quote mediumText "> <div class="quoteDetails "> <div class="quoteText"> “It was a comet. The boy saw the comet and he felt as though his life had meaning. And when it went away, he waited his entire life for it to come back to him. It was more than just a comet because of what it brought to his life: direction, beauty, meaning. There are many who couldn't understand, and sometimes he walked among them. But even in his darkest hours, he knew in his heart that someday it would return to him, and his world would be whole again... And his belief in God and love and art would be re-awakened in his heart. The boy saw the comet and suddenly his life had meaning.” <br /> ― <span class="authorOrTitle"> Lucas Scott </span> </div> <div class="quoteFooter"> <div class="greyText smallText left"> tags: <a href="/quotes/tag/boy">boy</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/comet">comet</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/life">life</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/meaning">meaning</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/one-tree-hill">one-tree-hill</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/the-boy-and-saw-a-comet">the-boy-and-saw-a-comet</a> </div> <div class="right"> <a class="smallText" title="View this quote" href="/quotes/952869-it-was-a-comet-the-boy-saw-the-comet-and">291 likes</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="action"> <a class="gr-button gr-button--small" rel="nofollow" href="/user/new">Like</a> </div> <br class="clear"/> </div> <div class="quote mediumText "> <div class="quoteDetails "> <a class="leftAlignedImage quoteAvatar " href="/author/show/1406384.John_Green"> <img alt="John Green" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1353452301i/1406384._UX200_CR0,49,200,200_.jpg" /> </a> <div class="quoteText"> “He shook his head, just looking at me. <br />- "What?" I asked.<br />- "Nothing" he said.<br />- "Why are you looking at me like that?"<br />Augustus half smiled. "Because you`re beautiful. I enjoy looking at beautiful people, and I decided a while ago not to deny myself the simpler pleasures of existence." A brief awkward silence ensued. Augustus plowed through: "I mean, particularly given that, as you so deliciously pointed out, all of this will end in oblivion and everything."<br />I kind of scoffed or sighed or exhaled in a way that was vaguely coughy and then said, "I`m not beau-"<br />- "You are like a millennial Natalie Portman. Like V for Vendetta Natalie Portman."<br />- "Never seen it."<br />- "Really?" he asked. "Pixie-haired gorgeous girl dislikes authority and can`t help but fall for a boy she knows is trouble. It`s your autobiography, so far as I can tell."<br />His every syllable flirted. Honestly, he kind of turned me on. I didn`t even know that guys could turn me on - not, like, in real life.” <br /> ― <span class="authorOrTitle"> John Green The Fault in Our Stars </span> </div> <div class="quoteFooter"> <div class="greyText smallText left"> tags: <a href="/quotes/tag/augustus">augustus</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/awkward">awkward</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/beautiful">beautiful</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/boy">boy</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/flirt">flirt</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/girl">girl</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/gorgeous">gorgeous</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/hazel">hazel</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/john-green">john-green</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/life">life</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/looking-at-me">looking-at-me</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/love">love</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/lover">lover</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/lovers">lovers</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/natalie-portman">natalie-portman</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/real">real</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/real-life">real-life</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/silence">silence</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/smile">smile</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/smiling">smiling</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/the-fault-in-our-stars">the-fault-in-our-stars</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/turn-me-on">turn-me-on</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/vendetta">vendetta</a> </div> <div class="right"> <a class="smallText" title="View this quote" href="/quotes/662140-he-shook-his-head-just-looking-at-me---what">226 likes</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="action"> <a class="gr-button gr-button--small" rel="nofollow" href="/user/new">Like</a> </div> <br class="clear"/> </div> <div class="quote mediumText "> <div class="quoteDetails "> <a class="leftAlignedImage quoteAvatar " href="/author/show/4039811.Veronica_Roth"> <img alt="Veronica Roth" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1729525649i/4039811._UX200_CR0,45,200,200_.jpg" /> </a> <div class="quoteText"> “Soft hearts make the universe worth living in.” <br /> ― <span class="authorOrTitle"> Veronica Roth, </span> <span id=quote_book_link_30117284> <a class="authorOrTitle" href="/work/quotes/44736077">Carve the Mark</a> </span> </div> <div class="quoteFooter"> <div class="greyText smallText left"> tags: <a href="/quotes/tag/boy">boy</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/cute">cute</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/girl">girl</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/heart">heart</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/love">love</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/universe">universe</a> </div> <div class="right"> <a class="smallText" title="View this quote" href="/quotes/8221400-soft-hearts-make-the-universe-worth-living-in">175 likes</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="action"> <a class="gr-button gr-button--small" rel="nofollow" href="/user/new">Like</a> </div> <br class="clear"/> </div> <div class="quote mediumText "> <div class="quoteDetails "> <a class="leftAlignedImage quoteAvatar " href="/author/show/3023658.Brenna_Yovanoff"> <img alt="Brenna Yovanoff" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1261685101i/3023658._UX200_CR0,50,200,200_.jpg" /> </a> <div class="quoteText"> “My father gave me a ruined boy to compensate for the fact that he does not love me. <br /><br />The boy is fragile, broken—broke himself—broke everything.<br /><br />I asked him why he did it. He said because the world was unlivable. He said it was unlovable, but I think he meant himself. I think he meant that loneliness is sometimes painful.<br /><br />I curl against him, tuck my head beneath his chin and listen to his heart. It says stay and wait. It says regret. He knows what it is to want love, a love so fierce you grow roots. I hear his heart say please. <br /><br />He went looking for angels and found me instead, girl of the sorrows, sad but not sorry. I waited for a sign, a star to fall. He reached for a knife and drew branches.” <br /> ― <span class="authorOrTitle"> Brenna Yovanoff </span> </div> <div class="quoteFooter"> <div class="greyText smallText left"> tags: <a href="/quotes/tag/boy">boy</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/broken">broken</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/love">love</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/suicide">suicide</a> </div> <div class="right"> <a class="smallText" title="View this quote" href="/quotes/310995-my-father-gave-me-a-ruined-boy-to-compensate-for">130 likes</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="action"> <a class="gr-button gr-button--small" rel="nofollow" href="/user/new">Like</a> </div> <br class="clear"/> </div> <div class="quote mediumText "> <div class="quoteDetails "> <div class="quoteText"> “Oh, he did look like a deity – the perfect balance of danger and charm, he was at the same time fascinating and inaccessible, distant because of his demonstrated flawlessness, and possessing such strength of character that he was dismaying and at the same time utterly attractive in an enticing and forbidden way.” <br /> ― <span class="authorOrTitle"> Simona Panova, </span> <span id=quote_book_link_18388163> <a class="authorOrTitle" href="/work/quotes/26009174">Nightmarish Sacrifice</a> </span> </div> <div class="quoteFooter"> <div class="greyText smallText left"> tags: <a href="/quotes/tag/attract">attract</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/attraction">attraction</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/attractive">attractive</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/balance">balance</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/beautiful">beautiful</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/beauty">beauty</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/bewitch">bewitch</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/bewitched">bewitched</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/bewitching">bewitching</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/boy">boy</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/character">character</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/character-description">character-description</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/charm">charm</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/charming">charming</a>, <a 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Someone mild and beautiful to be your lover. Someone who will tremble for your touch, offer you a marguerite by its long stem with his eyes lowered. Someone whose fingers are a poem.” <br /> ― <span class="authorOrTitle"> Janet Fitch, </span> <span id=quote_book_link_32234> <a class="authorOrTitle" href="/work/quotes/1223333">White Oleander</a> </span> </div> <div class="quoteFooter"> <div class="greyText smallText left"> tags: <a href="/quotes/tag/age">age</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/beautiful">beautiful</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/boy">boy</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/love">love</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/mild">mild</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/poem">poem</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/touch">touch</a> </div> <div class="right"> <a class="smallText" title="View this quote" href="/quotes/358861-you-must-find-a-boy-your-own-age-someone-mild">123 likes</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="action"> <a class="gr-button gr-button--small" rel="nofollow" href="/user/new">Like</a> </div> <br class="clear"/> </div> <div class="quote mediumText "> <div class="quoteDetails "> <a class="leftAlignedImage quoteAvatar " href="/author/show/11466.Markus_Zusak"> <img alt="Markus Zusak" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1537240528i/11466._UY200_CR43,0,200,200_.jpg" /> </a> <div class="quoteText"> “... And the boy whose hair remained the color of lemons forever.” <br /> ― <span class="authorOrTitle"> Markus Zusak, </span> <span id=quote_book_link_19063> <a class="authorOrTitle" href="/work/quotes/878368">The Book Thief</a> </span> </div> <div class="quoteFooter"> <div class="greyText smallText left"> tags: <a href="/quotes/tag/boy">boy</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/color">color</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/death">death</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/forever">forever</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/hair">hair</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/lemon">lemon</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/memory">memory</a> </div> <div class="right"> <a class="smallText" title="View this quote" href="/quotes/574497-and-the-boy-whose-hair-remained-the-color-of">117 likes</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="action"> <a class="gr-button gr-button--small" rel="nofollow" href="/user/new">Like</a> </div> <br class="clear"/> </div> <div class="quote mediumText "> <div class="quoteDetails "> <a class="leftAlignedImage quoteAvatar " href="/author/show/13500546.Kamand_Kojouri"> <img alt="Kamand Kojouri" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1583340033i/13500546._UX200_CR0,27,200,200_.jpg" /> </a> <div class="quoteText"> “Like a child who saves their favourite food on the plate for last, I try to save all thoughts of you for the end of the day so I can dream with the taste of you on my tongue.” <br /> ― <span class="authorOrTitle"> Kamand Kojouri </span> </div> <div class="quoteFooter"> <div class="greyText smallText left"> tags: <a href="/quotes/tag/affection">affection</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/affectionate">affectionate</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/beloved">beloved</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/boy">boy</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/boyfriend">boyfriend</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/child">child</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/children">children</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/day">day</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/desire">desire</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/dish">dish</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/dream">dream</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/end">end</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/falling-in-love">falling-in-love</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/favorite">favorite</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/favourite">favourite</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/food">food</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/girl">girl</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/girlfriend">girlfriend</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/harmony">harmony</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/husband">husband</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/in-love">in-love</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/inspiration">inspiration</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/inspirational">inspirational</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/kamand">kamand</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/kamand-kojouri">kamand-kojouri</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/kojouri">kojouri</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/last">last</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/love">love</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/love-poems">love-poems</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/love-quotes">love-quotes</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/lover">lover</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/loving">loving</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/marriage">marriage</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/mate">mate</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/me-and-you">me-and-you</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/partner">partner</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/passion">passion</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/plate">plate</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/poem">poem</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/poetry">poetry</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/quote">quote</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/relationship">relationship</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/save">save</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/savour">savour</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/soulmate">soulmate</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/spouse">spouse</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/taste">taste</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/thoughts">thoughts</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/tongue">tongue</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/union">union</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/unity">unity</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/wedding">wedding</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/wife">wife</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/you-and-i">you-and-i</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/you-and-me">you-and-me</a> </div> <div class="right"> <a class="smallText" title="View this quote" href="/quotes/8197826-like-a-child-who-saves-their-favourite-food-on-the">106 likes</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="action"> <a class="gr-button gr-button--small" rel="nofollow" href="/user/new">Like</a> </div> <br class="clear"/> </div> <div class="quote mediumText "> <div class="quoteDetails "> <a class="leftAlignedImage quoteAvatar " href="/author/show/5351355.J_M_Darhower"> <img alt="J.M. Darhower" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1456272469i/5351355._UX200_CR0,0,200,200_.jpg" /> </a> <div class="quoteText"> “Who are you anyway? What are you even doing here?”<br />“Haven,” she said quietly, peeking at him.<br />He gazed at her peculiarly. “Heaven? No, this definitely isn't Heaven. But I get why you’re confused, since I'm standing in front of you.” She stared at him, and he<br />cracked a smile. “I'm kidding. Well, kinda… I have been told I've taken a girl to Heaven a time or two.”<br />“Haven, not Heaven,” she said, louder than before. Nothing about the conversation made sense to her. “My name’s Haven.” <br /> ― <span class="authorOrTitle"> J.M. Darhower, </span> <span id=quote_book_link_13111733> <a class="authorOrTitle" href="/work/quotes/18285292">Sempre</a> </span> </div> <div class="quoteFooter"> <div class="greyText smallText left"> tags: <a href="/quotes/tag/boy">boy</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/first-impressions">first-impressions</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/first-love">first-love</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/friendship">friendship</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/girl">girl</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/love">love</a> </div> <div class="right"> <a class="smallText" title="View this quote" href="/quotes/498119-who-are-you-anyway-what-are-you-even-doing-here">100 likes</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="action"> <a class="gr-button gr-button--small" rel="nofollow" href="/user/new">Like</a> </div> <br class="clear"/> </div> <div class="quote mediumText "> <div class="quoteDetails "> <a class="leftAlignedImage quoteAvatar " href="/author/show/1330292.Maggie_Stiefvater"> <img alt="Maggie Stiefvater" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1642254510i/1330292._UX200_CR0,18,200,200_.jpg" /> </a> <div class="quoteText"> “My whole life, I had thought that my story was, again and again: Once upon a time, there was a boy, and he had to risk everything to keep what he loved. But really, the story was: Once upon a time, there was a boy, and his fear ate him alive.” <br /> ― <span class="authorOrTitle"> Maggie Stiefvater, </span> <span id=quote_book_link_9409458> <a class="authorOrTitle" href="/work/quotes/6961290">Forever</a> </span> </div> <div class="quoteFooter"> <div class="greyText smallText left"> tags: <a href="/quotes/tag/boy">boy</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/fear">fear</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/life">life</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/love">love</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/risk">risk</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/story">story</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/thought">thought</a> </div> <div class="right"> <a class="smallText" title="View this quote" href="/quotes/457483-my-whole-life-i-had-thought-that-my-story-was">83 likes</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="action"> <a class="gr-button gr-button--small" rel="nofollow" href="/user/new">Like</a> </div> <br class="clear"/> </div> <div class="quote mediumText "> <div class="quoteDetails "> <a class="leftAlignedImage quoteAvatar " href="/author/show/13370.Emily_Giffin"> <img alt="Emily Giffin" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1680645299i/13370._UX200_CR0,33,200,200_.jpg" /> </a> <div class="quoteText"> “After all, I think, isn't it always about a boy?” <br /> ― <span class="authorOrTitle"> Emily Giffin, </span> <span id=quote_book_link_2120652> <a class="authorOrTitle" href="/work/quotes/1470370">Love the One You're With</a> </span> </div> <div class="quoteFooter"> <div class="greyText smallText left"> tags: <a href="/quotes/tag/bhie">bhie</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/boy">boy</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/emily-giffin">emily-giffin</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/love">love</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/love-the-one-you-re-with">love-the-one-you-re-with</a> </div> <div class="right"> <a class="smallText" title="View this quote" href="/quotes/347823-after-all-i-think-isn-t-it-always-about-a-boy">56 likes</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="action"> <a class="gr-button gr-button--small" rel="nofollow" href="/user/new">Like</a> </div> <br class="clear"/> </div> <div class="quote mediumText "> <div class="quoteDetails "> <a class="leftAlignedImage quoteAvatar " href="/author/show/5351355.J_M_Darhower"> <img alt="J.M. Darhower" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1456272469i/5351355._UX200_CR0,0,200,200_.jpg" /> </a> <div class="quoteText"> “I’m gonna take a nap, Heaven,” he said, wanting away from her to clear his head. He didn’t like feeling uncomfortable in his house.<br />“Haven,” she corrected him as he started to walk away.<br />“I know,” he said. “I kinda like Heaven though.”<br />She turned to him, and their eyes met for the first time since he’d walked into the room. “Me, too.” <br /> ― <span class="authorOrTitle"> J.M. Darhower, </span> <span id=quote_book_link_13111733> <a class="authorOrTitle" href="/work/quotes/18285292">Sempre</a> </span> </div> <div class="quoteFooter"> <div class="greyText smallText left"> tags: <a href="/quotes/tag/boy">boy</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/flirt">flirt</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/flirting">flirting</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/friendship">friendship</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/girl">girl</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/humor">humor</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/love">love</a> </div> <div class="right"> <a class="smallText" title="View this quote" href="/quotes/498121-i-m-gonna-take-a-nap-heaven-he-said-wanting-away">51 likes</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="action"> <a class="gr-button gr-button--small" rel="nofollow" href="/user/new">Like</a> </div> <br class="clear"/> </div> <div class="quote mediumText "> <div class="quoteDetails "> <a class="leftAlignedImage quoteAvatar " href="/author/show/3023658.Brenna_Yovanoff"> <img alt="Brenna Yovanoff" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1261685101i/3023658._UX200_CR0,50,200,200_.jpg" /> </a> <div class="quoteText"> “He is broken in three ways, sometimes four. I count them.<br /><br />-He believes himself to be human, but is not actually. At least not anymore. This is similar to the way he believes himself to be alive.<br />-He has a grim affinity for drugs. This comes with no caveat and no parentheses. This is just a fact of life.<br />-He is doggedly unhappy and once decided to kill himself. Sadly, he has not really stopped.<br />-On certain occasions when these first three things have ceased to be bad enough, he loves me. The other sins are commonplace, forgivable under a big enough umbrella. This fourth is irrevocable. Unconscionable. In a word, it is utterly damning.” <br /> ― <span class="authorOrTitle"> Brenna Yovanoff </span> </div> <div class="quoteFooter"> <div class="greyText smallText left"> tags: <a href="/quotes/tag/boy">boy</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/broken">broken</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/love">love</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/pain">pain</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/sin">sin</a> </div> <div class="right"> <a class="smallText" title="View this quote" href="/quotes/310994-he-is-broken-in-three-ways-sometimes-four-i-count">50 likes</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="action"> <a class="gr-button gr-button--small" rel="nofollow" href="/user/new">Like</a> </div> <br class="clear"/> </div> <div class="quote mediumText "> <div class="quoteDetails "> <a class="leftAlignedImage quoteAvatar " href="/author/show/2980674.Jess_C_Scott"> <img alt="Jess C. Scott" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1603737393i/2980674._UY200_CR1,0,200,200_.jpg" /> </a> <div class="quoteText"> “[novan]: bassists are very good with their fingers<br />[novan]: and some of us sing backup vocals, so that means we're good with our mouths too...<br /><br />(~ IM chat with Novan Chang, 18, bassist)” <br /> ― <span class="authorOrTitle"> Jess C Scott, </span> <span id=quote_book_link_6600066> <a class="authorOrTitle" href="/work/quotes/6793913">EyeLeash: A Blog Novel</a> </span> </div> <div class="quoteFooter"> <div class="greyText smallText left"> tags: <a href="/quotes/tag/asian">asian</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/asians">asians</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/bassist">bassist</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/body">body</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/boy">boy</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/chat">chat</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/chatting">chatting</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/contemporary-fiction">contemporary-fiction</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/contemporary-literature">contemporary-literature</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/contemporary-society">contemporary-society</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/cool">cool</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/culture">culture</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/desire">desire</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/emotion">emotion</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/friendship">friendship</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/funny">funny</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/girl">girl</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/honesty">honesty</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/hot">hot</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/humor">humor</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/humour">humour</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/imagination">imagination</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/individuality">individuality</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/instant">instant</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/life">life</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/literature">literature</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/love">love</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/lust">lust</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/lust-for-life">lust-for-life</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/lustful">lustful</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/media">media</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/music">music</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/musician">musician</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/new-media">new-media</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/novel">novel</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/passion">passion</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/reality">reality</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/relationships">relationships</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/romance">romance</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/self">self</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/sex">sex</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/sex-appeal">sex-appeal</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/sexuality">sexuality</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/sexy">sexy</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/technology">technology</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/truth">truth</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/wisdom">wisdom</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/young">young</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/youth">youth</a> </div> <div class="right"> <a class="smallText" title="View this quote" href="/quotes/303331-novan-bassists-are-very-good-with-their-fingers-novan-and">49 likes</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="action"> <a class="gr-button gr-button--small" rel="nofollow" href="/user/new">Like</a> </div> <br class="clear"/> </div> <div class="quote mediumText "> <div class="quoteDetails "> <a class="leftAlignedImage quoteAvatar " href="/author/show/68992.Ali_Smith"> <img alt="Ali Smith" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1620558954i/68992._UX200_CR0,0,200,200_.jpg" /> </a> <div class="quoteText"> “And it was always the stories that needed the telling that gave us the rope we could cross any river with. They balanced us high above any crevasse. They made us be natural acrobats. They made us brave. They met us well. They changed us. It was in their nature to.” <br /> ― <span class="authorOrTitle"> Ali Smith, </span> <span id=quote_book_link_505059> <a class="authorOrTitle" href="/work/quotes/2554799">Girl Meets Boy: The Myth of Iphis</a> </span> </div> <div class="quoteFooter"> <div class="greyText smallText left"> tags: <a href="/quotes/tag/boy">boy</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/girl">girl</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/meets">meets</a> </div> <div class="right"> <a class="smallText" title="View this quote" href="/quotes/8666-and-it-was-always-the-stories-that-needed-the-telling">33 likes</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="action"> <a class="gr-button gr-button--small" rel="nofollow" href="/user/new">Like</a> </div> <br class="clear"/> </div> <div class="quote mediumText "> <div class="quoteDetails "> <a class="leftAlignedImage quoteAvatar " href="/author/show/3377941.Rick_Yancey"> <img alt="Rick Yancey" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1612972358i/3377941._UX200_CR0,0,200,200_.jpg" /> </a> <div class="quoteText"> “He barely knew I existed. I knew some of the same people he knew, but I was a girl in the background, several degrees of seperation removed.” <br /> ― <span class="authorOrTitle"> Rick Yancey, </span> <span id=quote_book_link_16101128> <a class="authorOrTitle" href="/work/quotes/19187812">The 5th Wave</a> </span> </div> <div class="quoteFooter"> <div class="greyText smallText left"> tags: <a href="/quotes/tag/background">background</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/boy">boy</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/crush">crush</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/girl">girl</a> </div> <div class="right"> <a class="smallText" title="View this quote" href="/quotes/952824-he-barely-knew-i-existed-i-knew-some-of-the">30 likes</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="action"> <a class="gr-button gr-button--small" rel="nofollow" href="/user/new">Like</a> </div> <br class="clear"/> </div> <div class="quote mediumText "> <div class="quoteDetails "> <a class="leftAlignedImage quoteAvatar " href="/author/show/108424.Patrick_Rothfuss"> <img alt="Patrick Rothfuss" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1351307341i/108424._UX200_CR0,42,200,200_.jpg" /> </a> <div class="quoteText"> “I should have been bolder and kissed her at the end. I should have been more cautious. I had talked too much. I had said too little.” <br /> ― <span class="authorOrTitle"> Patrick Rothfuss, </span> <span id=quote_book_link_186074> <a class="authorOrTitle" href="/work/quotes/2502879">The Name of the Wind</a> </span> </div> <div class="quoteFooter"> <div class="greyText smallText left"> tags: <a href="/quotes/tag/bold">bold</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/boy">boy</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/caution">caution</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/confident">confident</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/conversation">conversation</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/doubt">doubt</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/fear">fear</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/girl">girl</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/hope">hope</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/inexperience">inexperience</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/kiss">kiss</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/like">like</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/love">love</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/make-a-move">make-a-move</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/men">men</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/mystery">mystery</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/ponder">ponder</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/question">question</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/romance">romance</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/second-guess">second-guess</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/talk">talk</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/uncertain">uncertain</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/uncertainty">uncertainty</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/women">women</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/youth">youth</a> </div> <div class="right"> <a class="smallText" title="View this quote" href="/quotes/7579062-i-should-have-been-bolder-and-kissed-her-at-the">28 likes</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="action"> <a class="gr-button gr-button--small" rel="nofollow" href="/user/new">Like</a> </div> <br class="clear"/> </div> <div class="quote mediumText "> <div class="quoteDetails "> <a class="leftAlignedImage quoteAvatar " href="/author/show/68992.Ali_Smith"> <img alt="Ali Smith" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1620558954i/68992._UX200_CR0,0,200,200_.jpg" /> </a> <div class="quoteText"> “Then I saw her smile so close to my eye that there was nothing to see but the smile and the thought came into my head that I’d never been inside a smile before. Who’d have thought being inside a smile would be so ancient and so modern both at once” <br /> ― <span class="authorOrTitle"> Ali Smith, </span> <span id=quote_book_link_1527854> <a class="authorOrTitle" href="/work/quotes/2554799">Girl Meets Boy</a> </span> </div> <div class="quoteFooter"> <div class="greyText smallText left"> tags: <a href="/quotes/tag/ali">ali</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/boy">boy</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/girl">girl</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/love">love</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/smith">smith</a> </div> <div class="right"> <a class="smallText" title="View this quote" href="/quotes/402958-then-i-saw-her-smile-so-close-to-my-eye">26 likes</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="action"> <a class="gr-button gr-button--small" rel="nofollow" href="/user/new">Like</a> </div> <br class="clear"/> </div> <div class="quote mediumText "> <div class="quoteDetails "> <div class="quoteText"> “You kissed me once and now you feel as if you’ve got some special kind of licence to do it 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"I don't," she said.<br />"All girls do," he added, pushing the point.<br />"You must not know many girls."<br />"I know a million," Peter said, dark and serious. There was a long awkward silence, but if Peter regretted his words, I couldn't tell.” <br /> ― <span class="authorOrTitle"> Jodi Lynn Anderson, </span> <span id=quote_book_link_7514925> <a class="authorOrTitle" href="/work/quotes/9720811">Tiger Lily</a> </span> </div> <div class="quoteFooter"> <div class="greyText smallText left"> tags: <a href="/quotes/tag/boy">boy</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/climbing">climbing</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/climbing-trees">climbing-trees</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/girl">girl</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/peter-pan">peter-pan</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/self-conscious">self-conscious</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/tiger-lily">tiger-lily</a> </div> <div class="right"> <a class="smallText" title="View this quote" href="/quotes/677173-you-looked-strange-climbing-in-the-tree-like-that-tiger">21 likes</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="action"> <a class="gr-button gr-button--small" rel="nofollow" href="/user/new">Like</a> </div> <br class="clear"/> </div> <div class="quote mediumText "> <div class="quoteDetails "> <a class="leftAlignedImage quoteAvatar " href="/author/show/9550.Laurell_K_Hamilton"> <img alt="Laurell K. 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Hamilton, </span> <span id=quote_book_link_30281> <a class="authorOrTitle" href="/work/quotes/3349934">Guilty Pleasures</a> </span> </div> <div class="quoteFooter"> <div class="greyText smallText left"> tags: <a href="/quotes/tag/appealing">appealing</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/attraction">attraction</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/boy">boy</a> </div> <div class="right"> <a class="smallText" title="View this quote" href="/quotes/307001-there-was-a-tinge-of-evil-to-it-a-lot">20 likes</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="action"> <a class="gr-button gr-button--small" rel="nofollow" href="/user/new">Like</a> </div> <br class="clear"/> </div> <div class="quote mediumText "> <div class="quoteDetails "> <a class="leftAlignedImage quoteAvatar " href="/author/show/11466.Markus_Zusak"> <img alt="Markus Zusak" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1537240528i/11466._UY200_CR43,0,200,200_.jpg" /> </a> <div class="quoteText"> “You should know it yourself- a young man is still a boy, and a boy sometimes has the right to be stubborn.” <br /> ― <span class="authorOrTitle"> Markus Zusak, </span> <span id=quote_book_link_19063> <a class="authorOrTitle" href="/work/quotes/878368">The Book Thief</a> </span> </div> <div class="quoteFooter"> <div class="greyText smallText left"> tags: <a href="/quotes/tag/boy">boy</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/guy">guy</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/man">man</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/stubborn">stubborn</a> </div> <div class="right"> <a class="smallText" title="View this quote" href="/quotes/664902-you-should-know-it-yourself--a-young-man-is-still">15 likes</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="action"> <a class="gr-button gr-button--small" rel="nofollow" href="/user/new">Like</a> </div> <br class="clear"/> </div> <div class="quote mediumText "> <div class="quoteDetails "> <a class="leftAlignedImage quoteAvatar " href="/author/show/157676.Lauren_Myracle"> <img alt="Lauren Myracle" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1738037978i/157676._UX200_CR0,41,200,200_.jpg" /> </a> <div class="quoteText"> “My angel-boy is close now, as in five-feet-away close. There's no way I'm going to burst into song in front of him. But then the contrary part of me says, you're going to let a boy keep you from singing out loud? Sing, sister! Sing!<br />So I do, and my angel-boy turns his head.” <br /> ― <span class="authorOrTitle"> Lauren Myracle, </span> <span id=quote_book_link_3457715> <a class="authorOrTitle" href="/work/quotes/3498977">Bliss</a> </span> </div> <div class="quoteFooter"> <div class="greyText smallText left"> tags: <a href="/quotes/tag/angel">angel</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/boy">boy</a>, <a href="/quotes/tag/singing">singing</a> </div> <div class="right"> <a class="smallText" title="View this quote" href="/quotes/233027-my-angel-boy-is-close-now-as-in-five-feet-away-close-there-s">13 likes</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="action"> <a class="gr-button gr-button--small" rel="nofollow" href="/user/new">Like</a> </div> <br class="clear"/> </div> <div class="quote mediumText "> <div class="quoteDetails "> <a class="leftAlignedImage quoteAvatar " href="/author/show/2988149.Kristen_Chandler"> <img alt="Kristen Chandler" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1302019878i/2988149._UX200_CR0,49,200,200_.jpg" /> </a> <div class="quoteText"> “I would laugh at all my provincial inmates, but I’m too busy lusting. I’m not usually interested in a guy with “take a number” on his forehead, but this guy doesn’t have a forehead — it’s buried in messy blond hair. And he’s not one of the twenty guys I’ve known my entire pubescent life. he smiles like the Fourth of July. What’s a dumb girl to do but get in line with everyone else not in his league? I guess journalism just became my most beloved class.” <br /> ― <span class="authorOrTitle"> Kristen Chandler, </span> <span id=quote_book_link_6621146> <a class="authorOrTitle" href="/work/quotes/6815314">Wolves, Boys and Other Things That Might Kill Me</a> </span> </div> <div class="quoteFooter"> <div class="greyText smallText left"> tags: <a href="/quotes/tag/boy">boy</a> </div> <div class="right"> <a class="smallText" title="View this quote" href="/quotes/291375-i-would-laugh-at-all-my-provincial-inmates-but-i-m">10 likes</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="action"> <a class="gr-button gr-button--small" rel="nofollow" href="/user/new">Like</a> </div> <br class="clear"/> </div> <div style="float: right;"> <div><span class="previous_page disabled">« previous</span> <em class="current">1</em> <a rel="next" href="/quotes/tag/boy?page=2">2</a> <a href="/quotes/tag/boy?page=3">3</a> <a href="/quotes/tag/boy?page=4">4</a> <a href="/quotes/tag/boy?page=5">5</a> <a 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