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If I don't shut down my brain soon, my imagination will take off so far about what could be with this guy, that nothing will ever just be.-- Norah, Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist

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Rachel Cohn
Age: 55
Born: 1968
Born: December 14
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Science Fiction Writer
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Silver Spring
Maryland
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Ever
Norah
Nothing
Nick
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Shut
Infinite
Soon
Imagination
Brain

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Books. I'd probably spend all my time alone and lost in books if I could. It's easier that way.
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I am a classic 'Star Trek' fanatic.
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I don't know why I'm saying any of this, except that it's the truth. -Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
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I'm told there's no going back. So I'm choosing forward.
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Males are the most incomprehensible species.
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Do you still Kill Gerbils?
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I was horribly bookish, to the point of coming right out and saying it, which I knew was not socially acceptable.
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I don’t know what boldness came over me, but the resolute heaviness of Dash’s demeanor threatened to crush my soul. My pinky finger crept over and nestled against his, for comfort. Like a magnet, his pinky finger latched onto and intertwined with mine. I like magnets a whole lot.
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I walked inside Macy’s and faced the pathetic spectacle of a department store full of shoppers, none of whom were shopping for themselves. Without the instant gratification of a self-aimed purchase, everyone walked around in the tactical stupor of the financially obligated.
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True Love. I’m starting to suspect the concept is pure illusion, an insipid brand name manufactured by Hallmark and Disney.” — Cupcake
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The best is when we all go at once, like an army of interrelated popcorn zombies who laugh the same laughs and gasp the same gasps and aren’t so germ-phobic with each other that we won’t share a ginormous Coke with one straw. Family is useful like that.
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So much is happening and yet nothing at all.
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She told me if I clean all the ashes out of the grate, then I’ll be able to help my sisters get ready for the bal.” “It’s Christmas, Dashiel. Can’t you give that atitude a rest?” “Merry Christmas, Dad. And thanks for the presents.” “What presents?” “I’m sorry—those were all from Mom, weren’t they?
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I'm liking that I can throw any kind of sentence at her without worrying it's too out there.
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When in doubt, ingest carbs.
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I thought about the bigger picture of my life, and about the people—and particularly the guys—I would encounter during my lifetime. How would I ever know when that moment was right, when expectation met anticipation and formed … connection?
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Dumped doesn't even begin to describe it. If you're going to use a trash metaphor, incinerated is more like it.
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It's a total lie to say there's only one person you're going to be with for the rest of your life. If you're lucky - and if you try really hard - there will always be more than one.
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No--when the rain falls you just let it fall and you grin like a madman and you dance with it, because if you can make yourself happy in the rain then you're doing pretty alright in life. (Nick, page 156)
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I feel like there's so much darkness in all of my books.
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