Robin Brande > Quotes

“You know what they say," Amanda said. "Hatred isn't the opposite of love, it's just another variation of it. They both mean you have passionate feelings for someone.”
― Robin Brande, Fat Cat

“Maybe if I had to boil it down to one easy sentence, it would be this: I believe in evolution, and I believe in God. I just haven't worked out the details yet.”
― Robin Brande, Evolution, Me & Other Freaks of Nature

“I'm proud to be a freak of nature.”
― Robin Brande, Evolution, Me & Other Freaks of Nature

“Lying is for the weak-minded. If you can’t think of a truthful way to solve your problems, you’re not thinking hard enough.”
― Robin Brande, Evolution, Me & Other Freaks of Nature

“They say your muscles have memory. Once you've trained your arms to swing a tennis racket or your legs to ride a bike, you can quit for a while - years even - and all it takes is picking up a racket or jumping on a bike again and your muscles remember what to do. They snap right back to performing the way you taught them.

The heart is a muscle, too. And I've been training mine since I was a kid to fall in love with one particular person.”
― Robin Brande, Fat Cat

“Remember I told you I’ve taken a vow of chastity. You understand what that means, right?
Yeah,” he said. “You’re very generous. I think that’s cool.”
I didn’t quite get his answer, but I didn’t want to prolong the conversation. [...]
That’s when it dawned on me what Greg had meant. [...] Um, that’s charity, Greg, not chastity.
He is so not the right guy for me.(137-138)”
― Robin Brande, Fat Cat

“Is it just me, or is that guy the coolest boyfriend ever invented?"
"It’s not just you." And there was that same dull pain-the one I get sometimes when I see the two of them together and realize I’ll never have that.
I gave Amanda a smile. "He’s great. I’m really happy for you."
And that was a hundred percent true.
But it didn’t make it hurt any less.”
― Robin Brande

“Vengeance is mine, sayeth the Lord, but sometimes it's hard not to get a jump on it yourself.”
― Robin Brande, Evolution, Me & Other Freaks of Nature

“I leaned my head back and closed my eyes. "We're supposed to be celebrating our two-week anniversary tonight."
"Uh, news for you, honey - two weeks is no anniversary."
"What should I tell him? I don't even want to go."
"Tell him you just got a new bra and it's shy around strangers.”
― Robin Brande, Fat Cat

“It was colorful and elaborate—Kayla’s website, not the puke”
― Robin Brande, Evolution, Me & Other Freaks of Nature

“It doesn't matter, Cat. Really. I wouldn't have even entered the science fair this year if Mr. Fizer didn't require it."

"But you knew that's the only thing his class was about - that's the whole point of it. WHy did you even take it in the first place?"

Matt brought his lips against my ear. "Because I knew you'd be in there.”
― Robin Brande, Fat Cat

“Do you want your scarf back?' I asked.
'No, just the girl who goes with it.'
Oh my gosh, that guy knows his lines.”
― Robin Brande, Fat Cat

“Somehow no matter how odd the combinations are, they always end up looking perfect together.”
― Robin Brande, Fat Cat

“I thought guys were complicated. Maybe they are. But maybe they're easy and it's really me who's complicated.”
― Robin Brande, Fat Cat

“I'm sorry, but I have this fear that someday you're going
to
wake up a dried-out, bitter old hag with plenty of science awards
but no personal life whatsoever. And you'll sit there at night and
sob about
how you've wasted your life.”
― Robin Brande, Fat Cat

“. . . I still wouldn't be able to control myself around him, and I'm math geek enough to know that equation doesn't work out.”
― Robin Brande, Fat Cat

“Amanda and I both paused to take in that bit of wisdom. And try to decide if it even was wisdom.”
― Robin Brande, Fat Cat

“Yeah, great at the physical level level, but I still need more. Sorry. Maybe someday I'll accidentally fall in love with you after all, and we'll be right back here.”
― Robin Brande, Fat Cat

“Matt is a tortured soul,' Amanda insisted. 'He's Heathcliff and you're Cathy. He's Rochester and you're Jane Eyre. He's-'
'Darcy and I'm Elizabeth. I get it. And you're wrong.”
― Robin Brande, Fat Cat