--- title: "1 Talk Told Quotes By Nina LaCour" description: "1 Talk Told quotes by Nina LaCour. Plus more from Nina LaCour and more Talk Told sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12f/nina-lacour-2768_poetry_how-it-all-started-was-in-the-first-day_3068282.jpg" --- > [“How it all started was in the first day of English, when Brother John had us analyze some stupid poem, and you raised your hand and said something so smart about it that suddenly the poem didn’t seem stupid anymore.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-lacour/how-it-all-started-was-in-the-first-day-of-english-when-brother-john/) [Nina LaCour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-lacour/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12f/nina-lacour-2768_poetry_how-it-all-started-was-in-the-first-day_3068282.jpg) ## More by Nina LaCour > [“No," I say. "I didn't know that," and as I say it I feel flooded with bitterness at all the things Ingrid kept secret…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-lacour/no-i-say-i-didn-t-know-that-and-as-i-say-it-i-feel-flooded-with/) [Nina LaCour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-lacour/) > [I want to tell you about everything but I can't because I couldn't stand for you to have that look on your face all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-lacour/i-want-to-tell-you-about-everything-but-i-can-t-because-i-couldn-t/) [Nina LaCour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-lacour/) > [“We all want to be feel something, we want to be someone to one another.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-lacour/we-all-want-to-be-feel-something-we-want-to-be-someone-to-one-another/) [Nina LaCour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-lacour/) > [“I know," I say. "It sucks. Let's go get tacos and sit on the beach.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-lacour/i-know-i-say-it-sucks-let-s-go-get-tacos-and-sit-on-the-beach/) [Nina LaCour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-lacour/) > [“I sleep through the next day. Each time I go to the bathroom, I try not to look in the mirror. Once, I catch…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-lacour/i-sleep-through-the-next-day-each-time-i-go-to-the-bathroom-i-try-not/) [Nina LaCour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-lacour/) > [“Crushes are supposed to be fun, aren't they? They definitely aren't supposed to be so torturous.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-lacour/crushes-are-supposed-to-be-fun-aren-t-they-they-definitely-aren-t/) [Nina LaCour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-lacour/) > [“Maybe it doesn't matter, maybe if we all force ourselves to act like we're okay even if we're not, eventually things will get better.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-lacour/maybe-it-doesn-t-matter-maybe-if-we-all-force-ourselves-to-act-like/) [Nina LaCour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-lacour/) > [“My room is so quiet and empty it hurts.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-lacour/my-room-is-so-quiet-and-empty-it-hurts/) [Nina LaCour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-lacour/) > [“That's what friends do: they notice things. They're there for each other. They see what parents don't.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-lacour/that-s-what-friends-do-they-notice-things-they-re-there-for-each/) [Nina LaCour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-lacour/) > [“I don't want to hurt you or anybody so please forget about me. Just try. Find yourself a better friend.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-lacour/i-don-t-want-to-hurt-you-or-anybody-so-please-forget-about-me-just/) [Nina LaCour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-lacour/) > [“I don't know if any of this would have happened if we had been at home... Would we have crammed ourselves into the bathroom…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-lacour/i-don-t-know-if-any-of-this-would-have-happened-if-we-had-been-at/) [Nina LaCour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-lacour/) > [“I can't believe that we could be so impermanent”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-lacour/i-can-t-believe-that-we-could-be-so-impermanent/) [Nina LaCour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-lacour/) > [“Whenever Ingrid and I got out of the suburbs, into Berkeley or San Francisco, and saw how other people lived, Ingrid would cry at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-lacour/whenever-ingrid-and-i-got-out-of-the-suburbs-into-berkeley-or-san/) [Nina LaCour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-lacour/) > [ “She \[Ava\] was never something waiting to be solved. All she is—all she’s ever been—is a person trying to live a life.” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-lacour/she-ava-was-never-something-waiting-to-be-solved-all-she-is-all-she-s/) [Nina LaCour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-lacour/) > [“My mom says Ingrid's name and I start to hum, not the melody to a song, just one drawn-out note. I know it makes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-lacour/my-mom-says-ingrid-s-name-and-i-start-to-hum-not-the-melody-to-a-song/) [Nina LaCour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-lacour/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/talk-told/nina-lacour/#itemlist", "name": "1 Talk Told Quotes By Nina LaCour", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“How it all started was in the first day of English, when Brother John had us analyze some stupid poem, and you raised your hand and said something so smart about it that suddenly the poem didn’t seem stupid anymore. And I knew that you were the kind of person I wanted to know. But what I didn’t know yet was that you can tell a girl you want to hang out with her because she said something smart. 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