--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: So then they’d snuggled up to each other…" description: "\"“So then they’d snuggled up to each other, naked, and started to talk. Ezra told her about the time he was six and sculpted a red squirrel out of clay,..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38a/sara-shepard-1948_ezra_so-then-they-d-snuggled-up-to-each-other_1846615.jpg" --- # So then they’d snuggled up to each other, naked, and… ![“So then they’d snuggled up to each other, naked, and started to talk. Ezra told her about the time he was six and sculpted a red squirrel out of clay, only to have his brother squash it. How he used to smoke a lot of pot after his parents got divorced. About the time he had to take the family’s…” quote by Sara Shepard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38a/sara-shepard-1948_ezra_so-then-they-d-snuggled-up-to-each-other_1846615.jpg) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38a/sara-shepard-1948_ezra_so-then-they-d-snuggled-up-to-each-other_1846615.jpg) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38a/sara-shepard-1948_ezra_so-then-they-d-snuggled-up-to-each-other_1846615.jpg) > ““So then they’d snuggled up to each other, naked, and started to talk. Ezra told her about the time he was six and sculpted a red squirrel out of clay, only to have his brother squash it. How he used to smoke a lot of pot after his parents got divorced. About the time he had to take the family’s fox terrier to the vet to have her put to sleep. Aria told him about how when she was little, she kept a can of split pea soup named Pee as a pet and cried when her mom tried to cook Pee for dinner.”” [Sara Shepard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-shepard/) ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. Two strangers share intimate, quirky stories, revealing vulnerability and connection through personal anecdotes. **In simple terms:** Sharing odd personal memories builds intimacy. Key Takeaway Listen and share personal stories. Themes connection vulnerability storytelling Mood intimate conversational Type narrative emotional When to use this quote - friendship building - therapy sessions - writing workshops - icebreaker activities Key Concepts memory identity human experience Questions to Reflect On - What stories help you feel close to others? - How does humor affect sharing difficult topics? 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Her throat was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-shepard/holy-shit-spencer-said-she-held-her-t-shirt-up-against-her-naked/) [Sara Shepard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-shepard/) > [“Life isn't worth living if you're scared all the time. -Jordan”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-shepard/life-isn-t-worth-living-if-you-re-scared-all-the-time-jordan/) [Sara Shepard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-shepard/) > [“She felt like Lady in Lady and the Tramp , one of Hanna's favorite movies as a kid. When Jim Dear and Darling had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-shepard/she-felt-like-lady-in-lady-and-the-tramp-one-of-hanna-s-favorite/) [Sara Shepard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-shepard/) > [“Did you really believe I was Toby? Puh-lease. I would have killed myself too. I mean, honestly - ew. He totally had it coming.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-shepard/did-you-really-believe-i-was-toby-puh-lease-i-would-have-killed/) [Sara Shepard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-shepard/) > [Life is like Facebook. People will like and coments your problems, but no one will solve them because they're busy updating them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucy-hale/life-is-like-facebook-people-will-like-and-coments-your-problems-but/) [Lucy Hale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucy-hale/) > [“It takes patience to listen. It takes skill to pretend you’re listening.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harmon-okinyo/it-takes-patience-to-listen-it-takes-skill-to-pretend-you-re-listening/) Harmon okinyo > [This beauty doesn't need a beast](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mona-vanderwaal/this-beauty-doesn-t-need-a-beast/) Mona Vanderwaal > [I think she should shut it down before it turns into 'Ex in the city'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pretty-little-liars/i-think-she-should-shut-it-down-before-it-turns-into-ex-in-the-city/) [Pretty Little Liars](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pretty-little-liars/) > [Life is but a dream, Hannah. And I'm your worst nightmare.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pretty-little-liars/life-is-but-a-dream-hannah-and-i-m-your-worst-nightmare/) [Pretty Little Liars](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pretty-little-liars/) > [“I was just Molly, remember? And he was Ezra F-something Baptiste.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-higginson/i-was-just-molly-remember-and-he-was-ezra-f-something-baptiste/) [Rachel Higginson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-higginson/) > [Ezra Klein gets under my skin. He seems to spout the party line.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mickey-kaus/ezra-klein-gets-under-my-skin-he-seems-to-spout-the-party-line/) [Mickey Kaus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mickey-kaus/) > [“His lips slowly twitched. “As a gentleman, I think you should sleep off the drugs in your system.” Again, his wide, full lips curved…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scarlett-dawn/his-lips-slowly-twitched-as-a-gentleman-i-think-you-should-sleep-off/) [Scarlett Dawn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scarlett-dawn/) > [“It had been a constant journey of battles and wars with the beast that is Ezra, and I was sure there would be more.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/love-belvin/it-had-been-a-constant-journey-of-battles-and-wars-with-the-beast/) Love Belvin > [“Sometimes, the best results come from the worst ideas. - Ezra”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scarlett-dawn/sometimes-the-best-results-come-from-the-worst-ideas-ezra/) [Scarlett Dawn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scarlett-dawn/) ## More by Sara Shepard > [I am a big outliner. For my adult book, 'The Visibles,' I did not outline, and it took me two years to write because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-shepard/i-am-a-big-outliner-for-my-adult-book-the-visibles-i-did-not-outline/) [Sara Shepard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-shepard/) > [“Girls fight much dirtier than boys”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-shepard/girls-fight-much-dirtier-than-boys/) [Sara Shepard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-shepard/) > [“all of us are damaged in our own ways. It's just that most people call it 'experience'. And you've had a lot of experience.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-shepard/all-of-us-are-damaged-in-our-own-ways-it-s-just-that-most-people-call/) [Sara Shepard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-shepard/) > [It's amazing what you don't see, though. Even when it's right in front of your eyes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-shepard/it-s-amazing-what-you-don-t-see-though-even-when-it-s-right-in-front/) [Sara Shepard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-shepard/) > [Sutton's dead. Tell no one. Keep playing along... or you're next.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-shepard/sutton-s-dead-tell-no-one-keep-playing-along-or-you-re-next/) [Sara Shepard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-shepard/) > [Its more fun to think of the future than dwell on the past.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-shepard/its-more-fun-to-think-of-the-future-than-dwell-on-the-past/) [Sara Shepard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-shepard/) > [“Pull yourself together, bitch. He's just a guy.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-shepard/pull-yourself-together-bitch-he-s-just-a-guy/) [Sara Shepard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-shepard/) > [I understood we used to be close. But they were like books i'd read two summer ago; I knew I'd liked them, but I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-shepard/i-understood-we-used-to-be-close-but-they-were-like-books-i-d-read/) [Sara Shepard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-shepard/) > [Everybody has a secret and everybody has problems.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-shepard/everybody-has-a-secret-and-everybody-has-problems/) [Sara Shepard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-shepard/) > [“You Know What They Say About Hope. It Breeds Eternal Misery. -Spencer Hastings”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-shepard/you-know-what-they-say-about-hope-it-breeds-eternal-misery-spencer/) [Sara Shepard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-shepard/) > [Every pretty girl is a heartbreaker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-shepard/every-pretty-girl-is-a-heartbreaker/) [Sara Shepard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-shepard/) > [“I know what I know,” she said softly. “But I let go of the fury I had for that boy a long time ago.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-shepard/i-know-what-i-know-she-said-softly-but-i-let-go-of-the-fury-i-had-for/) [Sara Shepard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-shepard/) > [“I will never forget that moments, or the moments that came after”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-shepard/i-will-never-forget-that-moments-or-the-moments-that-came-after/) [Sara Shepard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-shepard/) > [“Get ready to meet your maker. It won’t be long now. Kisses! A (the real one)”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-shepard/get-ready-to-meet-your-maker-it-won-t-be-long-now-kisses-a-the-real/) [Sara Shepard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-shepard/) > [It's not fun to keep secrets, but sometimes you have to do it to protect yourself. And to protect people around you. - Meredith,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-shepard/it-s-not-fun-to-keep-secrets-but-sometimes-you-have-to-do-it-to/) [Sara Shepard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-shepard/) [Explore all 193 Sara Shepard quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-shepard/) ## More Ezra quotes > [“Sometimes, the best results come from the worst ideas. - Ezra”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scarlett-dawn/sometimes-the-best-results-come-from-the-worst-ideas-ezra/) [Scarlett Dawn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scarlett-dawn/) > [“I was just Molly, remember? And he was Ezra F-something Baptiste.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-higginson/i-was-just-molly-remember-and-he-was-ezra-f-something-baptiste/) [Rachel Higginson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-higginson/) > [Ezra Klein gets under my skin. He seems to spout the party line.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mickey-kaus/ezra-klein-gets-under-my-skin-he-seems-to-spout-the-party-line/) [Mickey Kaus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mickey-kaus/) > [“His lips slowly twitched. “As a gentleman, I think you should sleep off the drugs in your system.” Again, his wide, full lips curved…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scarlett-dawn/his-lips-slowly-twitched-as-a-gentleman-i-think-you-should-sleep-off/) [Scarlett Dawn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scarlett-dawn/) > [“It had been a constant journey of battles and wars with the beast that is Ezra, and I was sure there would be more.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/love-belvin/it-had-been-a-constant-journey-of-battles-and-wars-with-the-beast/) Love Belvin > [“EZR7.6 this Ezra went up from Babylon: and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which Jehovah, the God of Israel,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/ezr7-6-this-ezra-went-up-from-babylon-and-he-was-a-ready-scribe-in/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [“Anything was better than Ezra learning to play the bassoon...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-hemingway/anything-was-better-than-ezra-learning-to-play-the-bassoon/) [Ernest Hemingway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-hemingway/) > [“they pulled Ezra through the streets in a wooden cage. Blake was sure of God. Villon was a mugger. Lorca sucked cock. T. S.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/they-pulled-ezra-through-the-streets-in-a-wooden-cage-blake-was-sure/) [Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/) > [“5And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people, for he was standing above all the people; and when he opened…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-hayford/5and-ezra-opened-the-book-in-the-sight-of-all-the-people-for-he-was/) [Jack Hayford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-hayford/) > [“I wondered what things became when you no longer needed them, and I wondered what the future would hold once we'd gotten past our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robyn-schneider/i-wondered-what-things-became-when-you-no-longer-needed-them-and-i/) [Robyn Schneider](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robyn-schneider/) > [“It’s nothing compared to happiness.” I snorted through gritted teeth. “What happiness?” “Exactly.” “Reality interrupts—” Jaw clenching, my nostrils flared as I felt a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scarlett-dawn/it-s-nothing-compared-to-happiness-i-snorted-through-gritted-teeth/) [Scarlett Dawn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scarlett-dawn/) > [“Jack’s face was now buried in his hands, his elbows still on his knees, and he hunched as he fisted his hair. “Ezra?” Evidence…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scarlett-dawn/jack-s-face-was-now-buried-in-his-hands-his-elbows-still-on-his-knees/) [Scarlett Dawn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scarlett-dawn/) > [“Av tre ting og ikke mere, svarer Ezra: av kornet på marken, av fisken i sjøen og av dyr og fugl i skogen. Av…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/knut-hamsun/av-tre-ting-og-ikke-mere-svarer-ezra-av-kornet-p-marken-av-fisken-i/) [Knut Hamsun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/knut-hamsun/) > [ “Then I \[Ezra\] proclaimed a fast there at the river of Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, to seek from Him… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tyndale/then-i-ezra-proclaimed-a-fast-there-at-the-river-of-ahava-that-we/) [Tyndale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tyndale/) > [“ This is who Ezra is dating now. He is now into girls who are into dressing up as nineteenth century prostitutes. For the hats. ”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leila-sales/this-is-who-ezra-is-dating-now-he-is-now-into-girls-who-are-into/) [Leila Sales](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leila-sales/) [Browse all 37 Ezra quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ezra/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“So then they’d snuggled up to each other, naked, and started to talk. Ezra told her about the time he was six and sculpted a red squirrel out of clay, only to have his brother squash it. How he used to smoke a lot of pot after his parents got divorced. About the time he had to take the family’s fox terrier to the vet to have her put to sleep. 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