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Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins

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Nov 02, 11

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Read from October 22 to November 02, 2011

Boy next door? This is Stephanie Perkins we're talking about, right?

Whoever he is, he will not be ANYTHING like my neighbor.

(Sorry. The whole "low expectations" thing flew right out the window.)

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Quotes Madeleine Liked

Stephanie Perkins
“Just because something isn't practical doesn't mean it's not worth creating. Sometimes beauty and real-life magic are enough.”
Stephanie Perkins, Lola and the Boy Next Door

Stephanie Perkins
“What...what about when I'm married?”
“We'll buy a cot. Your husband can sleep on that when he visits.”
Stephanie Perkins, Lola and the Boy Next Door

Stephanie Perkins
“People should say what they mean and not make other people stumble around.”
Stephanie Perkins, Lola and the Boy Next Door

Stephanie Perkins
“I know you aren't perfect. But it's a person's imperfections that make them perfect for someone else.”
Stephanie Perkins, Lola and the Boy Next Door

Stephanie Perkins
“I collapse in bed and fall asleep with me other hand clasped around the blue rubber band. And I dream about blue eyes and blue nails and first-kiss lips dusted with blue sugar crystals.”
Stephanie Perkins, Lola and the Boy Next Door

Stephanie Perkins
“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.”
Stephanie Perkins, Lola and the Boy Next Door

Stephanie Perkins
“Perfect is overrated. Perfect is boring."
I smile. "You don't think I'm perfect?"
"No. You're delightfully screwy, and I wouldn't have you any other way.”
Stephanie Perkins, Lola and the Boy Next Door


Reading Progress

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