Top 90 Rachel Lynn Solomon Quotes (2024 Update)
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51. “All th ebooks in the world couldn’t prepare me for this moment.”

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52. “People think it’s harmless. They think it’s funny. That’s why they do it,” I say, trying to ignore the strange shiver where he touched my arm. Must be static electricity. “And sure. I guess it’s harmless until something bad happens. It’s harmless, and then there are security guards at your synagogue because someone called in a bomb threat. It’s harmless, and you’re terrified to get out of bed Saturday morning and go to services.”

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53. “We could talk about anything- that was the first sign. I loved the person I was when I was with him, and we had the same values. Of course, that didn’t mean there weren’t things that annoyed me about him. No one’s perfect, obviously. But those things didn’t matter when I considered everything that made me love him.”

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54. “No one else will want you, depression brain says. At least he already knows about all your issues.”

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55. “Neil and Rowan exchange a look. “It took a lot to get here,” he says, and I get the sense there’s a deeper story there, one that isn’t the kind you tell during a first conversation with someone.”

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56. “Four years of sparring when we could have had this: his awful singing voice, his hip bumping mine to encourage me to sing along, the scarlet on his cheeks when I attacked him with icing. While I was so focused on destroying him, I missed so much.”

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57. “Artoo. Maybe you didn’t do everything on that list, but you did a lot. You were president of three clubs, editor of the yearbook, copresident of student council... ’ The smirk returns as he adds: ’... salutatorian.”

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58. “Maybe this is how I’m supposed to say goodbye to high school: not with an arbitrary list or a preconceived notion of the way things are supposed to be, but by realizing we’re actually better together.”

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59. “But if there’s anything I’ve learned about depression, it’s that it is an intensely personal journey, one that never really ends.”

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60. “Finally, I grab my oval wire-rimmed glasses, which I fell in love with because they make me look like I wasn’t from this century, and sometimes living in another century was the most appealing thing I could imagine.”

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61. “The people who love us the most have the power to hurt us the most, too.”

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62. “And sometimes the world is terrible, and love stories... They make it feel less heavy.”

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63. “He’s waiting on a bricked street with a rickety staircase that leads to the museum. His hair mussed, his posture slightly hunched. Why did I ever tease him about those freckles? I love them. I love every single one of them. I love his freckles and and his red hair and the too-short legs of his suit pants and the too-long sleeves, the way he laughs, the way he pushes up his glasses to rub his eyes.”

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64. “Ding, ding, ding, we have a winner for the word most likely to kill the romance. Congratulations, crusty.”

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65. “I just want to make sure-I don’t know. That you realized its me.”

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66. “Sometimes I feel like I’m playing at being an adult, like I’m constantly looking around, waiting for a real adult to tell me what to do if my garbage disposal starts making a weird sound or if I should be putting more money in my Roth IRA. I am just... I feel like a complete mess.”

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67. “And I wanted a hero who’d love her through her dark days, not despite them – because to me, that is the most romantic thing of all.”

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68. “I can barely commit to a skin-care regimen. I’m not sure how to commit to a major.”

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69. “Today isn’t my epilogue with Neil – it’s a beginning. I’ll leave the happily-ever-afters in the books.”

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70. “Sometimes I think parenting is a combination of doing things the opposite of how you were raised mixed with doing things exactly how you were raised and worrying that you’re becoming your parents.”

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71. “Wow’ is not an adjective.”

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72. “Neil is softer than I realized, and I’m a barbed-wire fence. Every time he gets too close, I make myself sharper.”

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73. “That swipe deserves its own romance novel.”

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74. “Time. That’s what I’ve been chasing all day, this notion that after tonight, after graduation, none of us will be in the same city again. The things that mattered to us for the past four years will shift and evolve, and I imagine they’ll keep doing that forever. It’s terrifying.”

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75. “I am into classical music, in fact,” I say. “It’s been around for more than a thousand years, its composers have more name recognition than whatever ‘indie’ music you’re listening to right now, and symphonies sell out millions of performances a year. So go ahead, tell me classical music is tedious or boring or inferior.”

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76. “It’s not until I lean back in the seat, waiting for my car to warm up, that the scent of his hoodie hits me. Its smells good, and I wonder if its detergent or just the natural scent of Neil, one I’ve never really paid attention to before. I guess I’ve never really been close enough to notice. I’m stunned by how much I don’t hate it, so much so that it makes me light-headed for a split second.”

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77. “But you go into parenting hoping, maybe selfishly, that your kid will love the thing you love, and you can share that with them.”

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78. “You and I have to always be the best, right? So we’ll be the best at long distance, if thats what we decide to do.”

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79. “He’s been bumping my hip the whole game, winking at me, gazing at my mouth. It’s the kind of attention I’ve always liked–people making it so obvious they’re into you that you don’t have to drive yourself wild with anxiety trying to decipher their feelings.”

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80. “All these years, we were fighting when we could have been... not fighting.”

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81. “I meant it when I told you before: I want every version of you.” A fingertip lands in the center of my lower lip. “I love every version of you.”

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82. “God bless my rigorous workout routine.”

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83. “Maybe this version of you would have been cool. But... you’re kind of great now, too.”

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84. “Short people are nothing if not skilled counter climbers.”

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85. “You don’t have to explain,′ I say, though all I want is a detailed explanation with an accompanying PowerPoint presentation.”

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86. “It’s easy to be inclusive, and yet most people just don’t care.”

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87. “Yeah. Like every moment you’re with them, your head is spinning and you cant catch your breath and you just know that this person is changing your life for the better. Someone who challenges you to be better.”

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88. “You’re never too anything for books. We like what we like” -Rowan.”

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89. “Am I still ambitious if I’ve failed?”

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90. “Artoo. Hey. We’ll figure it out.”

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91. “He “figured himself out” in college, the way people always say they’re going to do.”

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92. “There are weeks and weeks of memories poured into that kiss, long nights and early mornings and road trips that never led us back to where we started. Arguments and truces and theories.”

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