Top 100 Quotes About Elkeles
#1. Not to alarm you or anything, but I think you just made a deal with a Mexican gang. I've read Simone Elkeles books. I know how this whole garage as a front thing works.
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#2. You're an asshole."
"And you're a bitch," he says. "A bitch with a kick-ass smile and eyes that can seriously screw with a guy's head.
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#3. I have trust issues."
"I know. I'm on a mission to cure you of that.
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#4. I wish I could help you" I whisper.
You are," he murmurs against my knee. "just dont leave me, okay? Everyone leaves me.
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#5. I'm staring into chocolate eyes. although my brain is clouded
and I'm dizzy, I know enough to register that chocolate is the
opposite of blue. I don't want blue. Blue confuses me too much.
Chocolate is straight-forward, easier to deal with.
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#6. Como un angel," I whisper.
"Is our game over?" she asks nervously.
"It's definitely over, querida. 'Cause what we're gonna do next is no game.
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#7. I'm losing control."-Brittany
Mamacita, I've already lost it."-Alex
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#9. The scary part is that people don't realize how much they've changed .
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#10. Julian, sometimes girls are like junk food. They look good, and they sure taste good ... but you know they're not healthy for you and cause cavities so it's better to just leave 'em alone. Got me?
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#11. I guess we're all a bunch of mismatched couples - that actually fit
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#12. We're actors in our lives, pretendin' to be who we want people to think we are.
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#13. What's with all those tattoos? Makes you look like a hooligan."
"I suspect I am a hooligan.
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#14. You once said you loved me. Do you still?"
My sister is watching this exchange between us. She smiles warmly at me, giving me the strength to tell him the truth. "I never stopped loving you. Even when I tried desperately to forget you. I couldn't.
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#15. Tofu tacos are not Mexican. I think putting tofu on anything and calling it Mexican is an insult to my people.
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#16. Our lie is like a cancer that's spread to every single area of our lives.
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#17. You know about fixing cars, you're athletic, and you know when to shut up."
"That last one isn't a skill."
"Honey, trust me. It's a skill.
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#18. And right this second I want to live in ignorant bliss.
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#19. If you tiptoe into cold water, you're missing out on the rush of plunging in headfirst.
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#20. I realise it's going to happen. This girl of my dreams, this girl who is more like me than anyone I've ever met, wants to kiss me.
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#21. Everyone who has ever met me for at least five minutes knows I'm a really funny person. I love to laugh and to make people laugh, so writing comedy comes naturally to me.
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#22. - I don't want you to love me.
- Too late, mi chava.
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#23. Cause if you were my girlfriend and a stud like me was livin' in your house, I'd kiss you in front of the guy every chance I got as a reminder.
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#24. No, the next time i kiss you it'll last a long, long time. And then when we're done you're gonna realize being turned on is not about experience
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#25. Man, my girl is one tough chick when she wants to be. I wonder if it has something to do with those
big, comfy granny panties she's got on.
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#26. We need to look back sometimes and realize the past taught us to appreciate our future.
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#27. I wouldn't shoot anyone in real life, because even after all of this training, I'm still totally for peace and happiness and rainbows and sushi.
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#28. Didn't you learn anything from my mistakes?" he asks.
Shit, when Alex was in the Latino Blood back in Chicago I worshiped him. "You don't want to hear my answer to that.
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#29. The threat of taking something away makes us appreciate it more.
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#30. Alex took a piece of my heart with him when he left.
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#31. K,
the lady at the store said yellow means friendship and red means love. The rosary is the only thing I own that has value to me. It's yours. I'm yours
C.
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#32. If there's one thing I learned, it's that nobody is here forever. You have to live for the moment, each and every day ... the here, the now.
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#33. Sometimes I think Ben is right, that the fantasy world is better because reality sucks ... but then I look at Nikki and I believe that we can beat the odds.
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#34. Don't let your life outside of school dictate your future.
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#35. You're right, I haven't walked in your shoes. But you haven't walked in mine, either.
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#36. Personal torture instructor ... I mean physical therapist.
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#37. If any guy threatened her she'd probably suffocate him with her oversized tee.
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#38. What could i do to make the one i loved love me back ?
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#39. From the look of us, you'd never know we slept in the same bed last night and made out like the world was going to end if we stopped.
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#40. When they're together, the world could fall apart around them and they'd never notice or care as long as they have each other.
About Alex and Brittany.
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#41. Do I make you nervous?"
His gaze travels from my eyes to my breasts and down to where my dress meets my thighs. "In that dress you do.
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#42. I don't belong here. It doesn't matter, because even if I don't belong in this place, she's here and I want to be where she is.
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#43. -You think I've got a big ego and an attitude problem?
-I don't think you do, Carlos. I know it. Unfortunately, it's a Fuentes flaw.
-I'd call it an asset. It's what makes us Fuentes brothers irresistible.
Carlos and Brittany
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#44. Were you sleeping?"
He chuckles. "Not by a long shot. I was just tryin' to convince myself not to make a move on you.
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#45. Thing is, I don't like ties. I like to win ... by big margins.
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#47. Senior year is supposed to be a blast-easy and fun. So far it's been anything but.
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#48. I eye Chuy like a pitcher in baseball does when a guy leads too far off base.
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#49. Nothin'," Alex says. "We'll talk later, chica. It's not a big deal."
"Don't chica me, Alex," his bride snaps.
"I think she's gonna deck him," Ben murmurs, amused.
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#51. I wonder if it's medically possible to be addicted to another human being.
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#52. Mildred waves Carlos over. 'Let me look at you.' She eyes him up and down. 'I saw you when you walked in. What's with all those tattoos? Makes you look like a hooligan.'
'I suspect I am a hooligan,' he says to her. 'Whatever that means.
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#53. 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.
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#54. From the moment I told her about my dad, it was as if her whole body sighed in relief. As if someone else's misery comforted her, made her feel as if she wasn't alone.
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#55. This connection we have isn't going away, it's only getting stronger. Because the more I spend time with her, the closer I want to be.
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#56. Romance novels are my favorite books to read. I write young adult romances, and am so happy to be promoting this wonderful genre.
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#57. You were lookin' at me like you wanted to kiss me."
I force a laugh. "Yeah, right," I say sarcastically.
"Nobody's watchin' if you want to, you know, try it. Not to brag, but I'm somewhat of an expert.
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#59. I'm standing here, holding a half a lemon in my hand. I'm speechless, I'm excited ... I'm a wreck. Caleb wants to be where I am.
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#60. There's always time for arguin' when you're a Fuentes.
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#61. Alex kneels down to Shelley's level. The simple act of respect tears at something suspiciously like my heart. Colin always ignores my sister, treating her as if she's blind and deaf as well as physically and mentally disabled.
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#62. Sometimes I wish there were do over years or fast forward days
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#63. Consider me your candy stripper ... I mean striper.
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#64. That shouldn't have happened," she says, throwing back her shoulders in a stance as stiff as a statue's.
"What? The kiss or you likin' it so much?
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#65. It's not Brittney's face, not her smile, not even her eyes. All of that surface stuff made the world see her as beautiful, but it was the deeper stuff that made her different.
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#66. What happens when I break one of your fuckin' rules?
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#67. Whether it's right or wrong, fight for what you believe in.
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#68. There's no rule book or game plan when it comes to the grim realities of our lives.
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#70. Luis is right there. I point to the corner of the yard, where my little brother is the centre of attention doing imitations of barnyard animals. I have yet to inform him that talent isn't as much of a chick magnet when you get into junior high.
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#71. This is a team of gay dudes, isn't it?
What gave it away? The pink shirts, or half our team drooling over you?
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#72. Is anyone human actually normal? I'm beginning to think being normal is actually abnormal.
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#74. Dear kiara, The women in the shop told me that yellow rose represents friendship and red rose shows love. And the rosery is the only thing i own that i care for, its yours i'm yours C
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#75. As Gary walks down the hallway, I think of how funny it is that the most unlikely person sometimes becomes your ally. And how a blond girl can make you think futures are something to look forward to.
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#76. You're not the only one in this relationship who loves a
challenge," he says. "And just so you know for the future, I like my double-chocolate chip
cookies warm and soft in the middle ... and without magnets glued to them.
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#78. I won't have sex with you, she blurts out.
He words slam into my libido like a bucket of water on a flame full of testosterone. I think my dick just twitched in protest.
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#79. I don't want to end up like my mom. That's my biggest fear in life.
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#80. I'm not going anywhere until you hear me out."
Oh, please no. Anything except having to listen to her lecture. I push the button that calls the nurse.
"Can we help you, Alex?" a voice bellows through the speaker.
"I'm bein' tortured.
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#81. You once told me that I make you believe in the impossible. You make me believe in love, which I'd given up on. Thank you for proving to me it's not just a fairy tale.
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#82. Everyone knows im perfect. My life is perfect. My clothes are perfect. Even my family is perfect. And although its a complete lie, i've worked my butt off to keep up the appearence that i have it all. The truth, if it were to come out, would destroy my entire picture-perfect image.
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#83. Should I tell him I'm not afraid of being hurt? I'm afraid of not being in control.
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#84. The end of one thing is just the beginning of another.
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#85. I want to know how to make this girl laugh. I want to know what makes her cry. I want to know what it feels like to have her look at me as if I'm her knight in shinning armor.
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#86. She's a Texan, born and raised. Football is in our blood.
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#87. Say it again," he says.
"That whole drawn-out speech?" I remember something about a solar system, but I'm too light-headed to recite the entire thing all over again.
He steps closer. "No. The part about you fallin' for me.
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#88. What are you boys doing?" she asks, as if we're still little kids messing around.
"Arguin'," Carlos says matter-of-factly.
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#89. Why shouldn't I be introspective? We dont' make sense."
"Neither do Chocolate and Peanut Butter, but it somehow works." He says "Somehow the mixture of two things is genius.
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#90. Playing with fire doesn't necessarily get you burned.
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#91. Did we kiss last night?"
"Yes."
"Well, it wasn't memorable because I have no recollection of it."
He laughs. "I was kiddin'. We didn't kiss." He leans in. "When we kiss you'll remember it.Forever.
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#92. Oh, and just so you know, before we go out to the field we all get into a huddle and yell 'Go Queers!' really loud.
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#93. As If I could just turn my feelings off like a faucet.
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#94. It'd be cool if God gave everyone a Do Over Day and you could yell "Do Over!" and the day would start new.
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#95. You know what your problem is?" I ask him.
"Yes. I have a daughter who insists she knows everything."
"That's not your problem, Aba. That's your blessing.
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#96. And for those of you who want to start any trouble, I have a zero tolerance policy ...
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#97. If you let him go and he doesn't come back to you, he wasn't yours to begin with. It's a lesson learned in first grade
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#98. Please, amigo. We need you, Kimosabe, O Mighty Powerful One. We need you more than the earth rises in the west."
The sun rises in the east, dickhead."
Only if you're standing on the earth. If you're on the moon, the earth rises in the west.
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#99. You can't appreciate a great day unless you've experienced bad ones. - Rabbi Glassman
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#100. Sylvia grabs my sleeve. "He's a looker."
"I know. The problem is, he knows it, too.
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