292 Quotes by E. Lockhart

She will not be simple and sweet.She will not be what people tell her she should be.

Adelaide wished to love someone and be loved back.And to love someone and know that it was him she loved, not some idea of him.Maybe that was two wishes. Maybe it was only one.

When there's a negative word or expression-immaculate, for example-but the positive is almost never used, and you choose to use it, you become rather amusing. Or pretentious. Or pretentiously amusing, which can sometimes be good. In any case, you are uncovering a buried word.

Jule believed that the more you sweat in practice, the less you bleed in battle.She believed that the best way to avoid having your heart broken was to pretend you don't have one.She believed that the way you speak is often more important than anything you have to say.She also believed in action movies, weight training, the power of makeup, memorization, equal rights, and the idea that YouTube videos can teach you a million things you won't learn in college.

That trip to India, the poverty. No God I can imagine would let that happen. Then I came home and started noticing i on he streets of New York. People sick and starving in one of the richest nations in the world. I just - I can't think that anyone's watching over those people. Which means no one is watching over me, either.

Be a little kinder than you have to.Never eat anything bigger than your assDo not accept an evil you can changeAlways do what your afraid to do

Someone once wrote that a novel should deliver a series of small astonishments. I get the same thing spending an hour with you.Also, here is a green toothbrush tied in a ribbon.It expresses my feelings inadequately..Better than chocolate, being with you last night.Silly me, I thought nothing was better than chocolate.In a profound symbolic gesture,I am giving you this bar of Vosges I got when we all went to Edgartown. You can eat it, or just sit next to it and feel superior.

We can't know or say what other people do. You have to think what you want to do to get the situation where you want it to be.

If you don't want to be in an argument with someone, it is probably best to try to solve the problem, rather than lying around hoping the other person will do it for you.