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Somewhere between a friend and acquaintance—a frequaintance, as it were.

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Rachel Cohn
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: December 14
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Science Fiction Writer
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Silver Spring
Maryland
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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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But she's not, and I am left to wonder on my own: How does this work, the getting to know a new guy without revealing too much desperation for his undivided attention?
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I feel like there's so much darkness in all of my books.
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But I know the difference. Everyone else is a ghost. I exist here alone, stranded by choice. Deserted.
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Perhaps it's not that I'm frigid-- it's that once I decide I like a guy, I turn into a raging idiot, unfit for public appearances.
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That’s what I like about sports. No matter if everyone playing the game speaks completely different languages, on the field, or the court, wherever they are playing, the language of moves and passes and scores is all the same. Universal.
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So much is happening and yet nothing at all.
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It's bullshit to think of friendship and romance as being different. They're not. They're just variations of the same love. Variations of the same desire to be close.
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Once upon a time, Sleeping Beauty decided to take a nap from which she would never wake up.
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There are just lots of possibilities in the world...I need to keep my mind open for what could happen and not decide that the world is hopeless if what I want to happen doesn't happen. Because something else great might happen in between.
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Bruises mapped my body from bumping into tables and tripping over curbs while walking with a book in my hand, my eyes focused on the pages instead of the live space around me.
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I don't see why ogling same-sex kissing should be the exclusive domain of frat boys whacking off to lesbian action, that's so sexist. Feminism should be all inclusive- it should be about sexual liberation, equal pay for equal work, and the fundamental girl right of boy2boy appreciation.
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Better to end this dream before it becomes a nightmare.
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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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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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I particularly loved the adjective bookish, which I found other people used about as often as ramrod or chum or teetotaler.
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We all just took the bookstore at its word, because if you couldn't trust a bookstore, what could you trust?
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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 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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All this hoping for nothing-or someone-that's maybe hopeless
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