Simone Elkeles Quotes

She ignores me, so I cup my hands over my mouth and do something I haven’t done in years— barnyard sounds.

~ Simone Elkeles

Thoughts of being a pirate and stealing her away to my ship race across my mind. Although I’m not a pirate, and she’s not my captured princess.

~ Simone Elkeles

Don’t try and make me feel better, Alex. I hate you.”“I hate you, too.

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Luis is right there.” I point to the corner of the yard, where my little brother is the centre of attention doing imitations of barnyard animals. I have yet to inform him that talent isn’t as much of a chick magnet when you get into junior high.

~ Simone Elkeles

Whoa, who was that?”“Madison Stone,” Kiara mutters.“Introduce me to her.”“Why?”Because I know it’ll annoy the shit out of you.

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I like that girl more than I can remember likin’ anything in my life. I’m not about to give her up. I’ll start carin’ about what other people think when I’m six feet under.

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I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to be a dickhead. Well, I did.

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Three things Marco taught me today race through my mind: boys will lie to your face just to have sex with you, don’t trust any boy who says I love you, and never date a boy who lives on the south side of Fairfield.

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Listen, I didn’t ask for a face and body girls find attractive. But thanks to the mixture of my parents’ DNA, I’ve got them, and I’m not ashamed to use ’em.

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You’ve got a big ego, Fuentes.”“That’s not all I’ve got.

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The Professor doesn’t have a problem being called Dick? If my name was Richard, I’d go by Richard or Rich . . . not Dick. Hell, I’d even settle for being called Chard.

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Are you going to dance with me tonight? I ask.Hell, yeah.Colin never wanted to dance with me.I'm not Colin, querida, and never will be.Good. I've got you, Alex. I realize it's all I need and I'm ready to share it with the world.Inside the club, Alex immediately heads for the dance floor with me. I ignore the gawking stares from Fairfield students from my side of town as I pull Alex close to me and we move as one to the beat.We move together as if we've been a couple forever, every movement in sync with each other. For the first time I'm not afraid of what people think of me and Alex together. Next year, in college, it won't matter who came from what side of town.

~ Simone Elkeles

Want some? he asks, pointing to his dinner.Maybe eating will calm my nerves. What i

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Do you think about making love with me?I lie awake most nights, fantasizing about sleeping next to her ... loving her. Right now, muneca, makin' love to you is the only thing on my mind.

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The urge to jump into his arms and feel the warmth of them surrounding me is so powerful, I wonder if it's medically possible to be addicted to another human being.

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Why shouldn't I be introspective? We dont' make sense.Neither do Chocolate and Peanut Butter, but it somehow works. He says Somehow the mixture of two things is genius.

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You're stressing too much about what might be. Do something to take your mind off thinking about what might never happen.

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She's a Texan, born and raised. Football is in our blood.

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Snakes don't have fuckin' legs, so how was I supposed to think there'd be one hidin' in the face of a damn rock that's ten feet below the summit?

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I'll never let it happen. I'll do everything in my power to keep my sister at home.I don't want to have a civilized discussion. My parents want to send my sister to a facility behind my back and my head feels like it's about to split open. Leave me alone, okay?Something is sticking out of my pocket. It's Alex's bandanna. Isabel isn't a friend, yet she helped me. And Alex, a boy who cared about me last night more than my own boyfriend did, acted as my hero and is urging me to be real. Do I even know how to be real?I clutch the bandanna to my chest.And I allow myself to cry.

~ Simone Elkeles

Shelley, you think she'll take me back? Alex asks her, his hair dangerously close to her fingers. She doesn't pull his hair . . . just pats his head gently. I feel the tears running down my cheeks at full speed.Yeah! Shelley yells with a goofy, gummy grin. She looks happier and more content than she's been in a long time. Both of my favorite people are with me right here; what more could I ask for?

~ Simone Elkeles

Do I hear a challenge?” she whispers, “Oh, Carlos. You know I can’t resist a challenge.

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Just so you know, I’m goin’ to enlist.”“I’m proud of you. But why?”I groan against the pain but manage to give him a half smile. “I want to make sure Kiara’s got a boyfriend who has more to offer than a hot bod and a face that could make angels weep.

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That’s not the only reason I’m stayin’, chica. I can’t leave you any more than I could walkout that door right now while my leg is busted up. I was just thinkin’ . . . should we tell yourparents now or later?”“Tell them what?” I ask, eyes wide.He kisses me softly, then says proudly, “That we’re in a serious, monogamous, committedrelationship.”“We are?”“Sí. And when I get out of here, I’m gonna fix the door to your car.

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This connection we have isn't going away, it's only getting stronger. Because the more I spend time with her, the closer I want to be.

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Mujer, you own my soul.

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I write edgy, sexy teen romances, and that's what I'll continue to do.

~ Simone Elkeles