“Are you mad?" I ask. "I was." He glances at the ceiling then back at me. "Or confused, anyway. The whole thing threw me through for a loop. I thought I'd finally met a guy at Underwood I could relate to, and it turns out he wasn't a guy at all." I swallow. "I can see how that would be weird." "In a way though, I was relieved." "Relieved?" I echo. "Why?" He looks around embarrased. "Let's just say you had me questioning my sexual orientation.” HumorConversationLaugh Book:Babe in Boyland Source: Babe in Boyland
“Maybe illusion and artifice—lies, even—are a necessary part of romance.” RomanceIllusionLiesIrony Book:Babe in Boyland Source: Babe in Boyland
“Supposedly, guys think about sex every eight seconds. If that's true, how can they talk to their grandmothers?” HumorSex Book:Babe in Boyland Source: Babe in Boyland
“Sure, okay, I'll pick up some cat litter. Anything else?" "Watch your back, G." Then she hung up. Hero paused in her sobbing to look at me quizzically. "Why does your mom want cat litter? You guys don't even have a cat." "She uses it for..." I searched my brain madly, but all I could come up with was "teaching." "She uses cat litter to teach English?" I nodded. "She's kind of unconventional in her methods." Hero frowned. "But how does she use it?" The girl was relentless when she fixated on something. "Um, when their papers are really bad, she gives them a little bag of cat litter. It's her way of telling them their writing is crap." I laughed. "She's kooky.” ExcusesCat Litter Book:Confessions of a Triple Shot Betty Source: Confessions of a Triple Shot Betty
“These guys may not talk too much about relationships, but they sure do blush at telling moments, don’t they? Maybe that’s the key to understanding the opposite sex; I could invent a science, call it blushology.” HumorRelationshipsGuysBlush Book:Babe in Boyland Source: Babe in Boyland
“I despise the rituals of fake friendship. I wish we could just claw each other's eyes out and call it a day; instead we put on huge radiant smiles and spout compliments until our teeth hurt from the saccharine sweetness of it all.” HumorFriendshipFriendsFakeDishonestyPretense Book:Babe in Boyland Source: Babe in Boyland