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There. I've said everything I wanted to say without actually having to use the words please stay

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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
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Everything
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It's the great male fantasy-all it takes is one dance to know that she's the one. All it takes is the sound of her song from the tower, or a look at her sleeping face. And right away you know-this is the girl in your head, sleeping or dancing or singing in front of you. Yes, girls want princes, but boys want their princesses just as much.
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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 liking that I can throw any kind of sentence at her without worrying it's too out there.
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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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How come princesses always have some huge flaw that can cause their downfall?
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Things change all the time, mostly in little ways.
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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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The reward is in the risk.
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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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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 am stronger than words and I am bigger than the box I'm in, and then I see her in the crowd and I fall apart -I am listening and I am listening because what I'm playing isn't something I'm thinking about, it's something I'm feeling all over.
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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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But, you see, that's the luxury of being a lout - you get to be selective about when you care and when you don't. The rest of us get stuck when your care goes shallow.
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They were tricky, those demons. Could they be trusted? Of course they could be trusted. She'd created them. She owned them. They wouldn't lead her astray.
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The universe doesn't decide what's right or not right. You do.
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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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There is no such thing as a soulmate...and who would want there to be? I don't want half of a shared soul. I want my own damn soul.
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I am a classic 'Star Trek' fanatic.
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When in doubt, ingest carbs.
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The complexity embedded in the different levels of meaning that go along with the words I love you ought to be a whole mindfuck of a video game
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