Rachel Cohn

Life is funny, baby, and that's no joke

— Rachel Cohn

“You never know where the night will take you.”

— Rachel Cohn

I am bigger than the box I'm in.

— Rachel Cohn

Therefore. Ergo. Erg. Argh. Ugh.

— Rachel Cohn

“His absence is time gained to spool my un-truths.”

— Rachel Cohn

Cinderella!" Dov cried. "Let down your hair!

— Rachel Cohn

You bookish little pervert.

— Rachel Cohn

Answer all the questions that I'm too afraid to ask

— Rachel Cohn

“I want that. The getting younger with each step, because of anticipation, in hope and belief.”

— Rachel Cohn

Wherever I went, I was on the wrong end of the stampede.

— Rachel Cohn

But I know the difference. Everyone else is a ghost. I exist here alone, stranded by choice. Deserted.

— Rachel Cohn

The only use she has for the word fun is to make the word funeral.

— Rachel Cohn

“Please return this notebook to where you found it.”

— Rachel Cohn

So this chocolate princess. Her knight in shining armor is the Easter Bunny.

— Rachel Cohn

Usually my characters, though young, tend to be street-wise.

— Rachel Cohn

“And It's not entirely true that I've never been in love. I had a pet gerbil in first grade…”

— Rachel Cohn

“He can act a bit loner-ish, but I think he's some serial killer waiting to happen; he's just his own best company…

— Rachel Cohn

[S]he leans into this guy and rocks her head like I’m making this music for her, when if I could, I would…

— Rachel Cohn

This must be part of Mother Nature's master plan—making these boys so irresistibly cute, in such a naughty way, that the purity…

— Rachel Cohn

“I turned to find Priya, this girl from my school, somewhere between a friend and acquaintance—a frequaintance, as it were.”

— Rachel Cohn

“I notice her the way you notice the differences in someone who’s been away a long time. And it hasn’t been a…

— Rachel Cohn

The complexity embedded in the different levels of meaning that go along with the words "I love you" ought to be a…

— Rachel Cohn

I particularly loved the adjective bookish, which I found other people used about as often as ramrod or chum or teetotaler.

— Rachel Cohn

“I move my feet, turn away from her, try to pretend she's not there, which is the biggest fucking joke I've ever…

— Rachel Cohn

“Beauty’s not only skin deep. Just because a person is beautiful doesn’t mean there’s no soul beneath. Doesn’t mean that person hasn’t…

— Rachel Cohn

“She murmured, in that particular Nancy way of hers that grates most when my inner bitch is aching to be let loose,…

— Rachel Cohn

“One part of Judaism called tikkum olam. It says that the world has been broken into pieces. All this chaos, all this…

— Rachel Cohn

“Here's the thing about love," Mrs. Basil E. replied. "You get a last chance. And then, when that doesn't work, you make…

— Rachel Cohn

“I mean, they're only the best punk band out there right now, named for the fucking apathy of a xenophobic fucking nation…

— Rachel Cohn

“I always hoped that after the prince found Cinderella and they rode away in their magnificent carriage, after a few miles she…

— Rachel Cohn

“I'm not that girl who randomly meets a guy one night and has her life change. I wear cords and flannel shirts.…

— Rachel Cohn

I'm thinking I would like to dance in the rain with this person. I would like to lie next to him in…

— Rachel Cohn

That's because you're interpreting it the wrong way. I didn't mean it as a wistful, overdramatic declaration. I mean that the love…

— Rachel Cohn

“I know it’s technically goodwill to all men, but in my mind, I drop the men because that feels segregationist/elitist/sexist/generally bad ist.…

— Rachel Cohn

“Ash has a huge customized Barbie collection. Aside from Horror Movie Barbie (head lopped halfway off, torn and bloody clothes), Commando Barbie…

— Rachel Cohn

“Goodwill to all.' I know it's techinically 'goodwill to all men,' but in my mind, I drop the 'men' because that feels…

— Rachel Cohn

“I hope that global warming will go away. I hope that people won't be homeless. I hope that suffering will not exist.…

— Rachel Cohn

“We believe in the wrong things. That's what frustrates me the most . Not the lack of belief, but the belief in…

— Rachel Cohn

“I kind of hate Nick right now, too, but there's someone else higher on my list, someone I hate more than Saddam…

— Rachel Cohn

“Sofia smiled at me. “You think fairy tales are only for girls? Here’s a hint—ask yourself who wrote them. I assure you,…

— Rachel Cohn