“I wanted so badly to believe, but the fear felt as great and overwhelming as the desire.” — Rachel Cohn Desire Copy Share Image
Once upon a time, Sleeping Beauty decided to take a nap from which she would never wake up. — Rachel Cohn Beauty Copy Share Image
He's not my step brother technically, so I think it's okay that I kissed him once. — Rachel Cohn Brother Copy Share Image
“I turn the key and I turn the key and I turn the key and she doesn't do a damn thing.” — Rachel Cohn Damn thing Copy Share Image
“Yes, girls want their princes, but boys want their princesses just as much.” — Rachel Cohn Copy Share Image
True Love. I’m starting to suspect the concept is pure illusion, an insipid brand name manufactured by Hallmark and Disney.” — Cupcake — Rachel Cohn Brand names Copy Share Image
The desert adapts. The people adapt. Live. Die. Struggle. Suffer. Create. The people in the real world beyond Demesne's ring are not… — Rachel Cohn Copy Share Image
“We've already established my position on dillying and dallying, which right now is chaste with a chance for inveterate lust, depending on… — Rachel Cohn Copy Share Image
The important people in our lives leave imprints. They may stay or go in the physical realm, but they are always there… — Rachel Cohn Copy Share Image
“It's a paradox, isn't it? The people you know the most, the people you love the most-you're also going to feel the… — Rachel Cohn Paradox Copy Share Image
“She was laughing at something Dov was saying to her, but she was looking at me, like he was the distraction and… — Rachel Cohn Communication Copy Share Image
How would I ever know when that moment was right, when expectation met anticipation and formed...connection? — Rachel Cohn Copy Share Image
“We believe in the wrong things. That's what frustrates me the most. Not the lack of belief, but the belief in the… — Rachel Cohn Faith Copy Share Image
I love snow for the same reason I love Christmas: It brings people together while time stands still. Cozy couples lazily meandered… — Rachel Cohn Children Copy Share Image
Lou's such an old punk he was around when the Ramones were junkie hustlers first and musicians second, when punk meant something… — Rachel Cohn Bridges Copy Share Image
With what you were talking about before. The world being broken. Maybe it isn't that we're supposed to find the pieces and… — Rachel Cohn Copy Share Image
“I want to believe that, despite all evidence to the contrary, it is possible for anyone to find that one special person.… — Rachel Cohn Central park Copy Share Image
Why should I tell you?" he asked, with no small amount of petulance. "If you tell me, I will leave you alone,"… — Rachel Cohn Defiance Copy Share Image
“I start to lose consciousness, and only desperation and fear keep my heart pounding, hard. Darkness descends, as Awful rises. Ivan has… — Rachel Cohn Darkness Copy Share Image
Drosophila,” I said, remembering the word. “What?” Lily asked. “Why do girls always fall for guys with the at ention span of… — Rachel Cohn Attention Copy Share Image
“What's a slut?" I ask him. "A girl who puts out too easily." "Puts out what?" I imagine Greer putting out dinner… — Rachel Cohn Copy Share Image
“When your mom noticed me watching a Buffy rerun on the little TV on the doorman desk one slow night on the… — Rachel Cohn Buffy Copy Share Image
Tal told me he loved me, and told me and told me, but you don't tell someone that and then tell them… — Rachel Cohn Copy Share Image
“Say you're bored. Or you can't sleep. Maybe your mom is yelling at you, or the boy/ girl you like doesn't like… — Rachel Cohn Copy Share Image
“Aesthetic and utilitarian considerations aside," I said, "Those mittens don't particularly make sense. Why would you want to hitchhike to the North… — Rachel Cohn Global warming Copy Share Image
“I know she is scared of this simple task even if the fear is something she can't—or won't— acknowledge. Fear, perhaps, is… — Rachel Cohn Adrenaline Copy Share Image
“Nick stands up and offers his hand to me. I have no idea what he wants, but what the hell, I take… — Rachel Cohn Life Copy Share Image
“I’m looking for Fat Hoochie Prom Queen,” I declared. He did not respond. “It’s a book,” I said. “Not a person.” Nope.… — Rachel Cohn Books Copy Share Image
“Cinderella was such a dork. She left behind her glass slipper at the ball and then went right back to her stemonster's… — Rachel Cohn Cinderella Copy Share Image
“Danger is a state of mind." Farzad informs me. "Conquer it, and you ride heaven.” — Rachel Cohn Danger Copy Share Image
She doesn't want the boy causing the distinction between "love" and "in love — Rachel Cohn Boys Copy Share Image
There was no word in the dictionary adequate to describe the sensation other than sensational. — Rachel Cohn Copy Share Image
Everyone on this island wants something kept quiet. I want to roar — Rachel Cohn Islands Copy Share Image
