Sonya Sones > Quotes

“I know this sounds incredibly lame,
but I don't want losing my virginity
to feel like I'm losing something.
I want it to feel like I'm finding something.
I want sex to be amazing.
I want it to be life-alteringly wonderful.
And I want it to happen with someone I love.”
― Sonya Sones, One of Those Hideous Books Where the Mother Dies

“Culture Clash

Dylan says
when I meet his mother today
I shouldn't mention
that I'm Jewish.

I say
okay, but can I
tell her about
the HIV postive thing?

He gives me a look.
I give him one back”
― Sonya Sones, What My Mother Doesn't Know

“There’s something
so great about this,” she whispers.
About what?” I whisper back.

About this,” she whispers.
About being outlaws.
It’s just you and me—against the world.”
― Sonya Sones

“We've turned off all the lights
in the living room
to make hand shadows.

We've got this
big flashlight
aimed at the wall.

I make the silhouette of my hand
into a duck.
Robin makes his into a rabbit.

Now my duck kisses his rabbit
And-POOF!- it turns into
a turkey.

And for some reason
this strikes us
as hysterically funny.

But you probably had to be there.”
― Sonya Sones, What My Mother Doesn't Know

“You're thinking I'm a hopelessly romantic idiot.
And you know what?
You're right.”
― Sonya Sones, What My Girlfriend Doesn't Know

“But most days,
I wander around feeling invisible.
Like I'm a speck of dust
floating in the air
that can only be seen
when a shaft of light hits it.”
― Sonya Sones, One of Those Hideous Books Where the Mother Dies

“Sometimes I just know things.”
― Sonya Sones, What My Girlfriend Doesn't Know

“Madame V
begins the lesson
by reading aloud the first stanza
of a famous French poem:


Il pleure dans mon coeur
Comme il pleut sur la ville;
Quelle est cette langueur
Qui penetre mon coeur?


Then she looks up
and without any warning
she calls on me to translate it.
I swallow hard, and try:

"It's raining in my heart
like it's raining in the city.
What is this sadness
that pierces my heart?"

Saying these words out loud,
right in front of the whole class,
makes me feel
like I'm not wearing any clothes.”
― Sonya Sones, Stop Pretending: What Happened When My Big Sister Went Crazy

“The only thing worse than not getting what you want, is getting it.”
― Sonya Sones, What My Girlfriend Doesn't Know

“Walking with Murphy
through the bone-freezing chill
toward the bus stop,
I start shivering.

And somehow,
when he slips his arm around me
to warm me up,
it feels right.

Righter than anything ever has.”
― Sonya Sones

“But Lunch Isn't That Bad, Really

Once I get used to
having to eat with two people
instead of one.

Two people who have known each other
for such a long time
that they practically speak in code.

Two people who are always saying,
"Remember the time when this happened?"
and "Remember the time when that happened?"

(Which, of course,
I never do,
because I wasn't there.)

Well, okay,
it is that bad.
It sucks, even.”
― Sonya Sones, What My Girlfriend Doesn't Know

“I wish he hadn't gone and cut his hair.
He looks about eight years old.
His ears have tripled in size.
Everyone's started calling him Dumbo.
Which wouldn't be so bad,
except they've started calling me
Mrs. Dumbo.

You can't even tell
he's got curly hair anymore.
There's nothing left
to run my fingers through.
Just this weird
blond AstroTurf
sprouting out of his skull.”
― Sonya Sones, What My Mother Doesn't Know

“She flashes me a smile so devastating that it could even make an atheist believe in God.”
― Sonya Sones, What My Girlfriend Doesn't Know

“Grace says, "Are you thirsty?
I could go get the hose..."
I say, "Thanks. But I'd rather have
a swig of some Miracle-Gro.”
― Sonya Sones, What My Mother Doesn't Know

“Human beings tend to be conservative,
so if you lie, you'll probably be closer to the truth.”
― Sonya Sones, What My Girlfriend Doesn't Know

“Friends don't let friends commit social suicide.”
― Sonya Sones, What My Girlfriend Doesn't Know

“When we kiss, his lips on mine are like CPR--
breathing the life back into me.”
― Sonya Sones, What My Girlfriend Doesn't Know

“Grace's eyes bigger than DVD's,
Rachel's mouth hanging open so wide
you could reach right in and
perform a tonsillectomy.”
― Sonya Sones, What My Girlfriend Doesn't Know

“Ready or not, here I come
I'm so tired of this dumb game of hide and seek
Olly olly oxen free
Show yourself, you're scaring me
Come out, come out, where ever you are
You've taken this thing way too far”
― Sonya Sones, Stop Pretending: What Happened When My Big Sister Went Crazy

“To take estrogen or not to take estrogen:
That is the question.
Whether 'tis nobler to abstain and suffer
The sweat and puddles of outrageous flashes
Or to take arms against a sea of mood swings,
And by opposing end them? To die: to sleep;
No more; at first the studies say 'twill end
The heart attacks and thousand bouts of bloat
That flesh is heir to, 'tis a true confusion -
For then they say 'twill cause us all to die
Perchance from breast cancer; ay, there's the rub;
For who can dream or even sleep while worrying about
What doctors might be saying come next week?”
― Sonya Sones, The Hunchback of Neiman Marcus: A Novel About Marriage, Motherhood, and Mayhem

“I kiss her like my life depends on it.”
― Sonya Sones, What My Girlfriend Doesn't Know