“If I had a brain cell for every time I heard this, I'd be a goddamn genius.” — Nicola Yoon Copy Share Image
“He will hold her and wonder, very briefly, about the future that loving her will cost him.” — Nicola Yoon Copy Share Image
“As if there were no last time And there is no next time And this time is the time that counts.” — Nicola Yoon Copy Share Image
“I tell you, when I left my house that night I never felt more free. Even now, in all the time that… — Nicola Yoon Copy Share Image
“I don’t understand. Just because it’s the first time doesn’t make it less real, does it? Even the universe has a beginning.” — Nicola Yoon Copy Share Image
“I'm working on a poem about heartbreak that I've been working on forever (give or take). The problem is that I've never… — Nicola Yoon Copy Share Image
“I get a kind of déjà vu, but instead of feeling like I’m repeating something in the past, it feels like I’m… — Nicola Yoon Copy Share Image
“It turns out that you can't predict the past either. Time moves in both directions -forward and backward- and what happens here… — Nicola Yoon Copy Share Image
“I think if I could just find the moment, I could take it apart piece by piece, molecule by molecule, until I… — Nicola Yoon Copy Share Image
“I rest my head on his shoulder and we watch the near-dark ocean together. We watch the way the water pulls back… — Nicola Yoon Copy Share Image
“It seems like such a long time ago when I thought the world of him. He was some exotic planet and I… — Nicola Yoon Copy Share Image
“Since postslavery days and through to modern times, debate has raged in the African American community. What does it mean to wear… — Nicola Yoon Copy Share Image
“We are having a moment I don’t want to be having. When they say the heart wants what it wants, they’re talking… — Nicola Yoon Copy Share Image
“I’m desperate to prevent her tears, but not because I’m noble or anything. I’m kind of a contagion cryer. You know how when one… — Nicola Yoon Copy Share
“What did you get?' I lean my head back against his chest. 'Seashell necklace for my mom. Pineapple ashtray for Kara.' 'Why do people… — Nicola Yoon Copy Share
“Listening to the magnified sound of my own breath is peaceful and strangely euphoric. I'm being reassured with every breath that I'm more than… — Nicola Yoon Copy Share
“Human beings are not reasonable creatures. Instead of being ruled by logic, we are ruled by emotions.” — Nicola Yoon Copy Share
“Maybe he (or she-but who are we kidding? God's definitely a guy. How else to explain war, pestilence, and morning wood?)” — Nicola Yoon Copy Share
“Almost everything in the night sky gives off light. Even if we can't see it, the light is still there.” — Nicola Yoon Copy Share
“love: a chemical history. ...The second stage, attraction, is governed by dopamine and serotonin. When, for example, couples report feeling indescribably happy in each… — Nicola Yoon Copy Share
“If the person who's meant to love you forever can suddenly stop, then what is there to believe in?” — Nicola Yoon Copy Share
“How can he not share his newfound joy with his fellow man? And it is joy. There’s a pure kind of joy in the… — Nicola Yoon Copy Share
“America’s not really a melting pot. It’s more like one of those divided metal plates with separate sections for starch, meat, and veggies.” — Nicola Yoon Copy Share
“And now my life doesn’t make sense anymore. I almost wish I hadn’t met him. How am I supposed to go back to my… — Nicola Yoon Copy Share
“As if there were no last time And there is no next time And this time is the time that counts.” — Nicola Yoon Copy Share
