--- title: "17 Firsts Quotes By Gena Showalter" description: "17 Firsts quotes by Gena Showalter. Plus more from Gena Showalter and more Firsts sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d4/gena-showalter-541_breakfast_why-wouldn-t-i-dance-uh-maybe-because-at_2807885.png" --- > [Why wouldn't I dance?' Uh, maybe because at first glance he looked like he ate puppies for breakfast and kittens for lunch?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gena-showalter/why-wouldn-t-i-dance-uh-maybe-because-at-first-glance-he-looked-like/) [Gena Showalter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gena-showalter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d4/gena-showalter-541_breakfast_why-wouldn-t-i-dance-uh-maybe-because-at_2807885.png) > [Is it sad that my first thought happened to be: Thank God I'm off the treadmill.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gena-showalter/is-it-sad-that-my-first-thought-happened-to-be-thank-god-i-m-off-the/) [Gena Showalter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gena-showalter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/702/gena-showalter-541_alice_is-it-sad-that-my-first-thought-happened_426920.png) > [Ohh, how clever," Aden said and clapped. "A death threat. You know what's funny? That's not even my first of the day.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gena-showalter/ohh-how-clever-aden-said-and-clapped-a-death-threat-you-know-what-s/) [Gena Showalter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gena-showalter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d7/gena-showalter-541_clever_ohh-how-clever-aden-said-and-clapped-a-d_2667049.png) > [Their mother had always stressed the importance of taking care of yourself first, your family second and everyone else not at all..…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gena-showalter/their-mother-had-always-stressed-the-importance-of-taking-care-of/) [Gena Showalter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gena-showalter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/40d/gena-showalter-541_care_their-mother-had-always-stressed-the-imp_2830153.png) > [The on and off thing is kind of annoying, isn't it? First with Cole, now with Gavin. "Maybe you need a tune…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gena-showalter/the-on-and-off-thing-is-kind-of-annoying-isn-t-it-first-with-cole-now/) [Gena Showalter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gena-showalter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c15/gena-showalter-541_ability_the-on-and-off-thing-is-kind-of-annoying_578243.jpg) > [Legion hissed like a startled cat, the noise scraping at Reyes’s skin. “Me no boy. You think me a boy?” Everyone stopped,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gena-showalter/legion-hissed-like-a-startled-cat-the-noise-scraping-at-reyes-s-skin/) [Gena Showalter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gena-showalter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a6/gena-showalter-541_beautiful_legion-hissed-like-a-startled-cat-the-no_400727.png) > [First rule of Teach Kane a Lesson: you don’t talk about Teach Kane a Lesson. Second rule of Teach Kane a Lesson:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gena-showalter/first-rule-of-teach-kane-a-lesson-you-don-t-talk-about-teach-kane-a/) [Gena Showalter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gena-showalter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b90/gena-showalter-541_fighting_first-rule-of-teach-kane-a-lesson-you-do_2926999.jpg) > [From the first, you enchanted me. You are more than beautiful. You are smart and strong and determined. When I'm with you.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gena-showalter/from-the-first-you-enchanted-me-you-are-more-than-beautiful-you-are/) [Gena Showalter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gena-showalter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/768/gena-showalter-541_beautiful_from-the-first-you-enchanted-me-you-are_269935.png) > [You are beyond frustrating," she grumbled. "Why can't you do what I ask you to do without issuing a million questions first?"…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gena-showalter/you-are-beyond-frustrating-she-grumbled-why-can-t-you-do-what-i-ask/) [Gena Showalter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gena-showalter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff3/gena-showalter-541_annabelle_you-are-beyond-frustrating-she-grumbled_1803421.png) > [He had no one but himself to blame, for he’d opened himself up to it. Just a fraction at first, like a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gena-showalter/he-had-no-one-but-himself-to-blame-for-he-d-opened-himself-up-to-it/) [Gena Showalter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gena-showalter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce5/gena-showalter-541_blame_he-had-no-one-but-himself-to-blame-for-h_1862337.png) > [You know,” Cole said. “My mom once told me a boy would know he’d become a man when he stopped putting himself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gena-showalter/you-know-cole-said-my-mom-once-told-me-a-boy-would-know-he-d-become-a/) [Gena Showalter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gena-showalter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/48d/gena-showalter-541_able_you-know-cole-said-my-mom-once-told-me-a_622847.jpg) > [Ten Things You Shouldn't Say on a Date. 1. You're wearing that? 2. Something smells funny. 3. Where's the Tylenol? 4. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gena-showalter/ten-things-you-shouldn-t-say-on-a-date-1-you-re-wearing-that-2/) [Gena Showalter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gena-showalter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4af/gena-showalter-541_brother_ten-things-you-shouldn-t-say-on-a-date-1_197988.png) > [His frown was less dark and more confused."What's new for you? Dancing?" And so much more, but all I said was, "Yes."…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gena-showalter/his-frown-was-less-dark-and-more-confused-what-s-new-for-you-dancing/) [Gena Showalter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gena-showalter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/361/gena-showalter-541_boys_his-frown-was-less-dark-and-more-confuse_1313242.jpg) > [Tabitha blinked innocently. "Why is your consort speaking to me without my having addressed him first?" she asked Kaia. "Have you not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gena-showalter/tabitha-blinked-innocently-why-is-your-consort-speaking-to-me-without/) [Gena Showalter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gena-showalter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a66/gena-showalter-541_firsts_tabitha-blinked-innocently-why-is-your-c_512969.jpg) > [It shall be my pleasure to remedy it. First, it is not your strength or your speed that draws me. It's your...everything.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gena-showalter/it-shall-be-my-pleasure-to-remedy-it-first-it-is-not-your-strength-or/) [Gena Showalter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gena-showalter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b59/gena-showalter-541_annabelle_it-shall-be-my-pleasure-to-remedy-it-fir_1460421.jpg) > [What's that smell?" I froze. What? Did I really smell so distasteful he had only to lean in my direction to catch…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gena-showalter/what-s-that-smell-i-froze-what-did-i-really-smell-so-distasteful-he/) [Gena Showalter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gena-showalter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd2/gena-showalter-541_break_what-s-that-smell-i-froze-what-did-i-rea_226875.jpg) > [Thinking about her again caused his body to harden, to ready... "Uh, I'm happy to sit close to you and everything, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gena-showalter/thinking-about-her-again-caused-his-body-to-harden-to-ready-uh-i-m/) [Gena Showalter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gena-showalter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a1b/gena-showalter-541_body_thinking-about-her-again-caused-his-body_2408803.png) ## Other authors on Firsts ## More by Gena Showalter > [“Justin took off in a run. Frosty and Bronx, too. It wasn’t long before Frosty was carrying Kat, Bronx was carrying Reeve and Justin…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gena-showalter/justin-took-off-in-a-run-frosty-and-bronx-too-it-wasn-t-long-before/) [Gena Showalter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gena-showalter/) > [You are such a chick.” I widened my eyes in mock surprise. “No way. Are you sure?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gena-showalter/you-are-such-a-chick-i-widened-my-eyes-in-mock-surprise-no-way-are/) [Gena Showalter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gena-showalter/) > [Girl, he wants to dip you in Frosted Flakes and have you for breakfast. That's his favorite cereal, by the way." I...had no words…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gena-showalter/girl-he-wants-to-dip-you-in-frosted-flakes-and-have-you-for-breakfast/) [Gena Showalter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gena-showalter/) > [I'm not sure why we want each other," she grumbled. "Nor am I, but the fact remains that we do want each other." "Maybe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gena-showalter/i-m-not-sure-why-we-want-each-other-she-grumbled-nor-am-i-but-the/) [Gena Showalter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gena-showalter/) > [“Are you gonna kill me?" the kid asked. Kid definitely didn't know who he was. There would be fawning. Wait. He looked that scary?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gena-showalter/are-you-gonna-kill-me-the-kid-asked-kid-definitely-didn-t-know-who-he/) [Gena Showalter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gena-showalter/) > [She stood, squared her shoulders. “We’ll do it. Together.” And then she did something that shocked them both. She rose on her tiptoes and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gena-showalter/she-stood-squared-her-shoulders-we-ll-do-it-together-and-then-she-did/) [Gena Showalter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gena-showalter/) > [To you I belong.My heart beats only for you.No other will tempt me,from this day and beyond.To you I belong.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gena-showalter/to-you-i-belong-my-heart-beats-only-for-you-no-other-will-tempt-me/) [Gena Showalter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gena-showalter/) > [I’m not trying to—What do teenagers say nowadays?” he asked my grandmother.“Get all up in her biznez,” Nana said.Without cracking a smile.“That’s right,” he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gena-showalter/i-m-not-trying-to-what-do-teenagers-say-nowadays-he-asked-my/) [Gena Showalter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gena-showalter/) > [“For a moment, Strider almost forgot how pissed he was with Amun and Haidee as he savored the fact that he'd just cock-blocked the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gena-showalter/for-a-moment-strider-almost-forgot-how-pissed-he-was-with-amun-and/) [Gena Showalter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gena-showalter/) > [If all we've got to look forward to is disloyalty and treachery, why do we even make friends?" "Again, human nature. Hoping for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gena-showalter/if-all-we-ve-got-to-look-forward-to-is-disloyalty-and-treachery-why/) [Gena Showalter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gena-showalter/) > [“He grunted, then he howled. I guess vinaigrette burns. Ha! I controlled the urge to grin. I leaped atop the dark, glossy table surface—and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gena-showalter/he-grunted-then-he-howled-i-guess-vinaigrette-burns-ha-i-controlled/) [Gena Showalter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gena-showalter/) > [That means life itself is a fairy tale. Like the characters, we all live and love and search for a happily-ever-after.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gena-showalter/that-means-life-itself-is-a-fairy-tale-like-the-characters-we-all/) [Gena Showalter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gena-showalter/) > [“That’s my cousin, dickwad,” Agent Jaxon Tremain said from Hector’s left. Had Whacky Jacky been next to Dallas, he would have drilled his knuckles…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gena-showalter/that-s-my-cousin-dickwad-agent-jaxon-tremain-said-from-hector-s-left/) [Gena Showalter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gena-showalter/) > [“You are treating that thing as if it is a great treasure," he said. Well, yeah. Because it was. "You have something against cookies?"…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gena-showalter/you-are-treating-that-thing-as-if-it-is-a-great-treasure-he-said-well/) [Gena Showalter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gena-showalter/) > [“Me: I think we should have sex again. Royce: Bad idea. Me: Why? Royce: I want more from you than sex. Me: Goodbye, you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gena-showalter/me-i-think-we-should-have-sex-again-royce-bad-idea-me-why-royce-i/) [Gena Showalter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gena-showalter/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/firsts/gena-showalter/#itemlist", "name": "17 Firsts Quotes By Gena Showalter", "numberOfItems": 17, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Why wouldn't I dance?' 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Got it?", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Gena Showalter" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gena-showalter/first-rule-of-teach-kane-a-lesson-you-don-t-talk-about-teach-kane-a/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b90/gena-showalter-541_fighting_first-rule-of-teach-kane-a-lesson-you-do_2926999.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b90/gena-showalter-541_fighting_first-rule-of-teach-kane-a-lesson-you-do_2926999.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b90/gena-showalter-541_fighting_first-rule-of-teach-kane-a-lesson-you-do_2926999.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“First rule of Teach Kane a Lesson: you don’t talk about Teach Kane a Lesson. 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The man you just described is more likely to knock you over the head with a club and drag you away by the hair.\" -Annabelle and Zacharel", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Gena Showalter" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gena-showalter/you-are-beyond-frustrating-she-grumbled-why-can-t-you-do-what-i-ask/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff3/gena-showalter-541_annabelle_you-are-beyond-frustrating-she-grumbled_1803421.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff3/gena-showalter-541_annabelle_you-are-beyond-frustrating-she-grumbled_1803421.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff3/gena-showalter-541_annabelle_you-are-beyond-frustrating-she-grumbled_1803421.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“You are beyond frustrating,\" she grumbled. \"Why can't you do what I ask you to do without issuing a million…” — Gena Showalter", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 10, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "He had no one but himself to blame, for he’d opened himself up to it. Just a fraction at first, like a crack in a window. But the funny thing was, once you welcomed in a breeze, there was no stopping what came next. A wind, a storm, thunder and lightning, until you could no longer reach the window to close it—and didn’t really want to anyway. That’s what this new darkness was. Evil in its purest form... -Paris", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Gena Showalter" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gena-showalter/he-had-no-one-but-himself-to-blame-for-he-d-opened-himself-up-to-it/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce5/gena-showalter-541_blame_he-had-no-one-but-himself-to-blame-for-h_1862337.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce5/gena-showalter-541_blame_he-had-no-one-but-himself-to-blame-for-h_1862337.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce5/gena-showalter-541_blame_he-had-no-one-but-himself-to-blame-for-h_1862337.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“He had no one but himself to blame, for he’d opened himself up to it. 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Tell me what you need.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Gena Showalter" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gena-showalter/you-know-cole-said-my-mom-once-told-me-a-boy-would-know-he-d-become-a/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/48d/gena-showalter-541_able_you-know-cole-said-my-mom-once-told-me-a_622847.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/48d/gena-showalter-541_able_you-know-cole-said-my-mom-once-told-me-a_622847.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/48d/gena-showalter-541_able_you-know-cole-said-my-mom-once-told-me-a_622847.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“You know,” Cole said. “My mom once told me a boy would know he’d become a man when he stopped putting…” — Gena Showalter", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 12, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Ten Things You Shouldn't Say on a Date. 1. You're wearing that? 2. Something smells funny. 3. Where's the Tylenol? 4. And to think, I first wanted to date your brother. 5. I have a confession to make… 6. My dad has a suit just like that. 7. That man is hot. Look at him. 8. My ex, may he rot in hell forever… 9. You're going to order that? Seriously? 10. You're how old?", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Gena Showalter" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gena-showalter/ten-things-you-shouldn-t-say-on-a-date-1-you-re-wearing-that-2/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4af/gena-showalter-541_brother_ten-things-you-shouldn-t-say-on-a-date-1_197988.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4af/gena-showalter-541_brother_ten-things-you-shouldn-t-say-on-a-date-1_197988.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4af/gena-showalter-541_brother_ten-things-you-shouldn-t-say-on-a-date-1_197988.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Ten Things You Shouldn't Say on a Date. 1. You're wearing that? 2. Something smells funny. 3. Where's the…” — Gena Showalter", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 13, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "His frown was less dark and more confused.\"What's new for you? Dancing?\" And so much more, but all I said was, \"Yes.\" \"And you let some strange college boy grind all over you for your first time? That's stupid, Ali.\" NOT GOING TO BE EMBARRASSED, NOT GOING TO BE EMBARRASSED.\"First, he wasn't grinding on me, and second, you're no better than him.\" A solid minute of silence, then \"You are terrible for my ego, you know that?\" I could say the same to him.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Gena Showalter" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gena-showalter/his-frown-was-less-dark-and-more-confused-what-s-new-for-you-dancing/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/361/gena-showalter-541_boys_his-frown-was-less-dark-and-more-confuse_1313242.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/361/gena-showalter-541_boys_his-frown-was-less-dark-and-more-confuse_1313242.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/361/gena-showalter-541_boys_his-frown-was-less-dark-and-more-confuse_1313242.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“His frown was less dark and more confused.\"What's new for you? Dancing?\" And so much more, but all I said…” — Gena Showalter", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 14, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Tabitha blinked innocently. \"Why is your consort speaking to me without my having addressed him first?\" she asked Kaia. \"Have you not taught him the proper order of things?\" So the little man wasn't supposed to speak to the women folk without an invitation? Screw that. \"Just stay out of my head, Harpy, or I'll make sure you regret it. By the way, how's the leg?\" She hissed at him. Win!", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Gena Showalter" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gena-showalter/tabitha-blinked-innocently-why-is-your-consort-speaking-to-me-without/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a66/gena-showalter-541_firsts_tabitha-blinked-innocently-why-is-your-c_512969.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a66/gena-showalter-541_firsts_tabitha-blinked-innocently-why-is-your-c_512969.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a66/gena-showalter-541_firsts_tabitha-blinked-innocently-why-is-your-c_512969.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Tabitha blinked innocently. \"Why is your consort speaking to me without my having addressed him first?\" she…” — Gena Showalter", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 15, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It shall be my pleasure to remedy it. First, it is not your strength or your speed that draws me. It's your...everything. Your laugh, your wit, your emotions and the way they change. Your courage, your sweetness, your near obsessive delight in cookies. Second, you are indeed a prize. You've made me want what no one else ever had. A communion of bodies.\" -Zacharel to Annabelle", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Gena Showalter" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gena-showalter/it-shall-be-my-pleasure-to-remedy-it-first-it-is-not-your-strength-or/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b59/gena-showalter-541_annabelle_it-shall-be-my-pleasure-to-remedy-it-fir_1460421.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b59/gena-showalter-541_annabelle_it-shall-be-my-pleasure-to-remedy-it-fir_1460421.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b59/gena-showalter-541_annabelle_it-shall-be-my-pleasure-to-remedy-it-fir_1460421.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It shall be my pleasure to remedy it. First, it is not your strength or your speed that draws me. It's…” — Gena Showalter", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 16, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "What's that smell?\" I froze. What? Did I really smell so distasteful he had only to lean in my direction to catch a putrid whiff of me? I stayed the urge to break his freaking nose for pointing out my stinkiness. He sniffed again. \"I can't place it.\" \"How bad is it?\" I asked, my cheeks heating. \"It's good. Some kind of flower.\" My first thought: Hurray! I don't stink. 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