“There are just lots of possibilities in the world...I need to keep my mind open for what could happen and not decide that the world is hopeless if what I want to happen doesn't happen. Because something else great might happen in between.” IfsWorldWantNeedsMindMightHappensPossibilityHopeless Author:Rachel Cohn
“I wanted to talk to someone. But who? It’s moments like this, when you need someone the most, that your world seems smallest.” WorldNeedsMomentsSeemsWantedSmallest Book:Dash & Lily's Book of Dares Source: Dash & Lily's Book of Dares
“With what you were talking about before. The world being broken. Maybe it isn't that we're supposed to find the pieces and put them back together. Maybe we're the pieces." Nick says. "Maybe," Nick says, "what we're supposed to do is come together. That's how we stop the breaking.” WorldTogetherTalkingPiecesBrokenBack TogetherBeing Broken Author:Rachel Cohn
“Cinderella was such a dork. She left behind her glass slipper at the ball and then went right back to her step-monster's house. It seems to me she should have worn the glass slipper always, to make herself easier to find. I always hoped that after the prince found Cinderella and they rode away in their magnificent carriage, after a few miles she turned to him and said, "Could you drop me off down the road please? Now that I've finally escaped my life of horrific abuse, I'd like to see something of the world, you know?... I'll catch back up with you later, Prince, once I've found my own way.” KnowsWorldWayShouldSaidSeemsFoundHouseLeftMy OwnBehindsStepsEasierPleaseShould HaveAbuseBallsGlassesMonstersMilesWornMagnificentLeft BehindDown The RoadHorrificCarriagesSlippersDorkGlass Slippers Author:Rachel Cohn
“We're better off. But I don't know if the world's better off. I don't know if the two are the same thing.” IfsKnowsWorldTwoBetter Off Book:Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist Source: Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
“It's not the loving that hurts this girl; it's the understanding of it for what it is, that it will never be returned in the same way, that threatens to destroy her. But to unload the words - "I love you" - on an innocent party who didn't ask for it, to reach across the dark space and touch him - it's like the world she knows could end if she dared speak these words, dared make such a move.” IfsKnowsWorldWayLoveEndsMovingGirlAsksSpeakUnderstandingHurtDarkSpacePartyLove YouInnocentThis Girl Book:You Know Where to Find Me Source: You Know Where to Find Me
“The desert adapts. The people adapt. Live. Die. Struggle. Suffer. Create. The people in the real world beyond Demesne's ring are not all manufactured perfection. They deal.” PeopleWorldRealSufferingDiesDealsStrugglePerfectionRingsDesertReal World Author:Rachel Cohn
