--- title: "2 Damn good Quotes By Rachel Cohn" description: "2 Damn good quotes by Rachel Cohn. Plus more from Rachel Cohn and more Damn good sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e0/rachel-cohn-1244_damn-good_we-believe-in-the-wrong-things-that-s-wh_1635935.jpg" --- > [“We believe in the wrong things. That's what frustrates me the most . Not the lack of belief, but the belief in the wrong things. You want meaning? Well, the meanings are out there. We're just so damn good at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-cohn/we-believe-in-the-wrong-things-that-s-what-frustrates-me-the-most-not/) [Rachel Cohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-cohn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e0/rachel-cohn-1244_damn-good_we-believe-in-the-wrong-things-that-s-wh_1635935.jpg) > [“We believe in the wrong things. That's what frustrates me the most. Not the lack of belief, but the belief in the wrong things. You want meaning? Well, the meanings are out there. We're just so damn good at reading…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-cohn/we-believe-in-the-wrong-things-that-s-what-frustrates-me-the-most-not-2/) [Rachel Cohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-cohn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a86/rachel-cohn-1244_ask-yourself_we-believe-in-the-wrong-things-that-s-wh_1674014.jpg) ## More by Rachel Cohn > [“You mean I'm not lazy? No bitch, I mean you intimidate guys with a look or a comment before they can even decide if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-cohn/you-mean-i-m-not-lazy-no-bitch-i-mean-you-intimidate-guys-with-a-look/) [Rachel Cohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-cohn/) > [“the infinite Manhattan night.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-cohn/the-infinite-manhattan-night/) [Rachel Cohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-cohn/) > [Tal told me he loved me, and told me and told me, but you don't tell someone that and then tell them they're not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-cohn/tal-told-me-he-loved-me-and-told-me-and-told-me-but-you-don-t-tell/) [Rachel Cohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-cohn/) > [“Someone should pay for their sins. I'll show you Awful, humans. I can't even see what I'm doing. All I know is rage, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-cohn/someone-should-pay-for-their-sins-i-ll-show-you-awful-humans-i-can-t/) [Rachel Cohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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 take it… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-cohn/s-he-leans-into-this-guy-and-rocks-her-head-like-i-m-making-this/) [Rachel Cohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-cohn/) > [“In some ways, I think I'll never be over him', Langston said. 'That is such an unsatisfied answer' 'That's because you're interpreting it the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-cohn/in-some-ways-i-think-i-ll-never-be-over-him-langston-said-that-is/) [Rachel Cohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-cohn/) > [“I suspected that when something was a beginning and an ending at the same time, that meant it could only exist in the present”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-cohn/i-suspected-that-when-something-was-a-beginning-and-an-ending-at-the/) [Rachel Cohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-cohn/) > [“The reward is in the risk. I wanted so badly to believe, but the fear felt as great and overwhelming as the desire. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-cohn/the-reward-is-in-the-risk-i-wanted-so-badly-to-believe-but-the-fear/) [Rachel Cohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-cohn/) > [I am bigger than the box I'm in.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-cohn/i-am-bigger-than-the-box-i-m-in/) [Rachel Cohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-cohn/) > [The desert adapts. The people adapt. Live. Die. Struggle. Suffer. Create. The people in the real world beyond Demesne's ring are not all manufactured…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-cohn/the-desert-adapts-the-people-adapt-live-die-struggle-suffer-create/) [Rachel Cohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-cohn/) > [“Well, well, well,” Santa said once the elf had retreated. “Come and sit on my lap, little boy.” This Santa’s beard was real, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-cohn/well-well-well-santa-said-once-the-elf-had-retreated-come-and-sit-on/) [Rachel Cohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-cohn/) > [“Please return this notebook to where you found it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-cohn/please-return-this-notebook-to-where-you-found-it/) [Rachel Cohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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 of their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-cohn/this-must-be-part-of-mother-nature-s-master-plan-making-these-boys-so/) [Rachel Cohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-cohn/) > [“If I’m just The Guy With Norah, that’s cool. Right now, that’s all I want to be. All the other things I am—they’re too…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-cohn/if-i-m-just-the-guy-with-norah-that-s-cool-right-now-that-s-all-i/) [Rachel Cohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-cohn/) > [“Maybe, I thought, it's not distance that's the problem, but how you handle it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-cohn/maybe-i-thought-it-s-not-distance-that-s-the-problem-but-how-you/) [Rachel Cohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-cohn/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/damn-good/rachel-cohn/#itemlist", "name": "2 Damn good Quotes By Rachel Cohn", "numberOfItems": 2, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“We believe in the wrong things. That's what frustrates me the most . Not the lack of belief, but the belief in the wrong things. You want meaning? Well, the meanings are out there. We're just so damn good at reading them wrong. It's not going to be explained to you in a prayer. And I'm not going to be able to explain it to you. Not because I'm as ignorant and hopeful and selectively blind as the next guy, but because I don't think meaning is something that can be explained. You have to understand it on your own. It's like when you're starting to read. First, you learn the letters. Then, once you know what sounds the letters make you use them to sound out words. You know that c-a-t leads to cat and d-o-g leads to dog. But then you have to make that extra leap, to understand that the word, the sound, the \"cat\" is connected to an actual cat, and that \"dog\" is connected to an actual dog. It's that leap, that understanding, that leads to meaning. And a lot of the time in life, we're still just sounding things out. We know the sentences and how to say them. We know the ideas and how to present them. We know the prayers and which words to say in what order. but that's only spelling. I don't mean this to sound hopeless. Because in the same way that a kid can realise what \"c-a-t\" means, I think we can find the truths that live behind our words. I wish that I could remember the moment when I was a kid and I discovered that the letters linked into words, and that the words linked to real things. What a revelation that must have been. We don't have the words for it, since we hadn't yet learnt the words. 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It's that leap, that understanding, that leads to meaning. And a lot of the time in life, we're still just sounding things out. We know the sentences and how to say them. We know the ideas and how to present them. We know the prayers and which words to say in what order. But that's only spelling\" It's much harder to lie to someone's face. But. It is also much harder to tell the truth to someone's face. The indefatigable pursuit of an unattainable perfection, even though it consist in nothing more than in the pounding of an old piano, is what alone gives a meaning to our life on this unavailing star. (Logan Pearsall Smith) Being alone has nothing to do with how many people are around. (J.R. Moehringer) You could be standing a few feet away...I could have sat next to you on the subway, or brushed beside you as we went through the turnstiles. But whether or not you are here, you are here- because these words are for you, and they wouldn't exist is you weren't here in some way. At last I had it--the Christmas present I'd wanted all along, but hadn't realized. His words. The dream was obviously a sign: he was too enticing to resist. Wow. You must have a lot of faith in me. Which I appreciate. Even if I'm not sure I share it. I could do this on my own, and not freak out that I had no idea what waited for me on the other side of this night. Hope and belief. I'd always wanted hope, but never believed that I could have such an adventure on my own. That I could own it. And love it. But it happened. Because I'm So uncool and so afraid. If there was a clue, that meant the mystery was still intact I fear you may have outmatched me, because not I find these words have nowhere to go. It's hard to answer a question you haven't been asked. It's hard to show that you tried unless you end up succeeding. This was not a haystack. We were people, and people had ways of finding eachother. It was one of those moments when you feel the future so much that is humbles the present. Don't worry. It's your embarrassment at not having the thought that counts. You think fairy tales are only for girls? Here's ahint- ask yourself who wrote them. I assure you, it wasn't just the women. It's the great male fantasy- all it takes is one dance to know that she's the one. All it takes is the sound of her song from the tower, or a look at her sleeping face. And right away you know--this is the girl in your head, sleeping or dancing or singing in front of you. Yes, girls want their princes, but boys want their princesses just as much. And they don't want a very long courtship. They want to know immediately. Be careful what you;re doing, because no one is ever who you want them to be. 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