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A blank canvas...has unlimited possibilities.

People should say what they mean and not make other people stumble around.

It's not right. It hasn't been right, not since I met you.

Sorry to be your second choice."
"Don't be stupid. Third choice. Mum's asleep, remember?" He laughs again.

I've never ditched. I don't understand how he can just shrug everything off.

I don't care about anything. But I care about you.

Umbrellas are so small and sad and easy to forget.

Did you wake me up ... to talk about candy?

His name explodes inside of me like cannon fire.

I want to feel the creases in his skin, connect his freckles with invisible lines, brush my fingers across the inside of his wrists.

I don't believe in fashion. I believe in costume. Life is too short to be same person every day.

It's ridiculous how difficult a question can be when the answer means so much.

Why doesn't he have the same effect on them that he has on me? Don't they see him?

Saw two fallen branches in the shape of a heart. Thought of you.

It's strange. Home. How I could wish for it so long, only to come back and find it gone.

I'm dizzy. It physically hurts to look at him. "I can't breathe."
"Of course you can breathe," Kurt says. "You're breathing right now.

It's impossible, the not-knowing, but it's better than getting the wrong answer.

Is it possible that I'm worthy of being loved by someone whom I love?

I catch a glimpse of his abdomen. Yummy. "Yummy tummy."
He startles. "What?"
"Hmm?

People can play dumb all they want, but they always give themselves away in actions. In the small moments like that.

Screw it. Let the fates decide

What my parents never considered is that I just wanted a choice.

You're doing the girl thing. Saying you're happy when you're not.

Do you know my biggest regret?" She asks. "That you turned into this bright, beautiful, fascinating person ... and I can't take credit for any of it.

St. Clair!" Josh springs from his seat, and they give each other the classic two-thumps-on-the-back guy hug.
"No kiss? I'm crushed, mate.

It's a relief to know it won't happen. It makes things easier.

It's easy to talk about things we hate, but sometimes it's hard to explain exactly why we like something.

I've always thought the best relationships are those that are as happy and content in silence as they are in action [ ... ]

Where's your hat?"
He squints at me. "Mer? Is that you? Do I need my scarf? Will it be cold, Mummy?

You should show encouragement whenever you can. People try harder when they know that someone cares about them.

He tastes like my deepest craving fulfilled.

You look like a corgi

Will you please tell me you love me? I'm dying here.

Why is it that the right people never wind up together? Why are people so afraid to leave a relationship, even if they know it's a bad one?

I'm not even embarrassed to hug my parents in public. Except when Nathan wears a sweatband when he goes running. Because really!

In Paris, it's common to acknowledge someone attractive. The French don't avert their gaze like other cultures do. Haven't you noticed?

Josh bear-hugs St Clair. "I'm sorry you're off the market."
"Don't tell Anna, but I bought one for you, too," St Clair says.

If you ask me to kiss you, I will," he says.
His fingers stroke the inside of my wrists, and I burst into flames.
"Kiss me," I say.
He does.

For the two of us, home isn't a place. It's a person. And we're finally home."

Stephanie Perkins - Anna and the French Kiss

Place the boldest color where I want people to look.

Hi," I whisper.
He peels off my hands and turns toward the aisle. "Please don't make this any harder than it already is," he whispers back.

We're enveloped in pitch black. "Wait here," I whisper.
"Are you getting your ax?"
"Handcuffs."
"Kinky. But, okay, I'll try it.

Marigold wondered if that were true. It was nice to think that she might have a superpower, even a dumb one, hidden inside of her. What might it be?

Even when he was gone, some fragment of his spirit lingered behind.

I don't know. No one has ever so completely confounded me the way you do.

I mean I didn't SLEEP sleep with him. Obviously. But I slept with him.

I wish for the thing that is best for me.

It's about isolation and loneliness, but it's also about friendship. Being exactly what the other person needs.

I've taken you this far. I can take you that much farther.

I'm in love with my new best friend.

And I can no longer remember my name or my country, or even my place in the universe.

I've learned that if I never leave those areas of my life that feel comfortable, I'll never have a chance at a greater happiness.

I don't know. I don't really like old movies. The acting is so, 'Hey buddy, ol' pal. Let's go wear our hats and have a big misunderstanding

The feeling is that we have everything to say. And where do you begin with everything?

Welcome to Paris, Anna. I'm glad you've come.

At least I'm not the only one who finds change difficult.

I want to kiss him for the rest of the night, for the rest of our lives. The one.

It's not stupid to want to put on a pretty dress and feel beautiful for a night.

I'll always be the girl crying on her bed.

Would you rather be great at something you like, or just okay at something you love?

You only have one chance to make a first impression.

Looking for tail." "Tail? Oh mon Dieu." I can't believe she's

Why did he do it?"
"For the same reason everyone makes mistakes. He fell in love.

It's so Hogwarts.

Some kinds of misery make you hate the world, but some kinds make you hate yourself,

Madame Guillotine gets mad at me. Not because I told them to shove it, but because I didn't say it in French. What is wrong with this school?

I'd like to point out that we've had zero problem reaching each other's mouths.

My face is round, and my cheeks are pinchable, and my ears stick out farther than I'd like.

My smile wavers as I revert to my natural state of being: nervous and weird.

But I could be mistaking our friendship for something more, because I want to mistake it for something more.

I have to talk to someone or risk explosion.

It's all happening at once, but everything I do seems to be wrong

I'll only say this once more. I like you. I've always liked you. It would be wrong for me to come back into your life and act otherwise.

I've always felt lucky to live someplace where snow is rare, you know? It's rareness that makes it so speacial.

I scan the dark room, through the thrashing bodies of disillusioned Parisian youth, getting their anger out with a healthy dose of French punk rock.

Happy Thanksgiving," he says, handing me my ticket. "Let's see some dead people.

I am here. You can talk to me or not talk to me, but I am here.

He's coming over," Lindsay says. "What do you want me to do? Kick him in the balls? I've been dying to kick him in the balls.

But we stayed together, because I don't know why. Maybe because we though we should be in love. At least I did. I wanted to be in love.

I blame it on his pants.

For the two of us, home isn't a place. It is a person. And we are finally home.

It's midnight, it's sweltering, and I might be high on Vicodin, but that guy - that guy right over there - that's him.
The him.

Just because something isn't practical doesn't mean it's not worth creating. Sometimes beauty and real-life magic are enough.

It's amazing how clothing affects how people see - or don't see - you.

Parents are excellent at stating the obvious.

Is it possible for home to be a person and not a place?

Everyone makes mistakes. The important thing is to not make the same mistake twice.

And we're finally home.

What do you say to someone who is not the same and yet completely the same?

We still hate Bridgette, right? I haven't missed anything?

And I want to press my palm against his chest to feel it beat, to prove he's really there.
But we cannot touch.

There are some people in life that you can't get over.

But, for me, yes. I have to be with Anna. But this is something you have to figure out on your own.

People are confusing. They say one thing and mean the other.

You know more useless crap, St. Clair. Good thing you're so darn cute, Josh says.

When it's right, it's simple.

School has ruined cinema.It's official. There's nothing worth living for.

I draw him closer by his tie and whisper into his ear, Cricket Bell, I have been in love with you for my entire life.

I'm walking you home. It's late. And it's pouring

My boyfriend loses his virginity, and, oh, who's that looking on?
It's a rabbit.