Jared Reck > Quotes

“Seriously, how can you see a person nearly every day of your life and never think anything of it, then all of a sudden, one day, it’s different? You see that goofy grin a thousand times and just laugh, but goofy grin number 1,001 nearly stops your heart?”
― Jared Reck, A Short History of the Girl Next Door

“She wouldn’t have been Tabby. And I wouldn’t be me. But now, there is no Tabby. And I hate being me.”
― Jared Reck, A Short History of the Girl Next Door

“My inner-movie director has me standing at the grave site holding fresh-picked daisies -Tabby’s favorite- in the rain, like always, and I want to punch him in his stupid fucking face.”
― Jared Reck, A Short History of the Girl Next Door

“On the mind does not equal out the mouth.”
― Jared Reck, A Short History of the Girl Next Door

“But I am not a competent social being.”
― Jared Reck, A Short History of the Girl Next Door

“The funeral was really sad, but Chinatown fucking killed this moo shu tonight!”
― Jared Reck, A Short History of the Girl Next Door

“The lids are closed, and it hits me that they’ll never be opened again. I’ll never see Tabby’s face again.”
― Jared Reck, A Short History of the Girl Next Door

“ HEJ HEJ! CAFÉ MENU

RULLEKEBAB
Original (Rullekebab)----shaved seasoned beef, fresh flatbread, lettuce, tomato, cucumber, kebab sauce
Blue Kebab (Rullekebab med blåmögelost)----Original Rullekebab with blue cheese
Shroom Kebab (Rullekebab med champinjoner)----Original Rullekebab with mushrooms
Hej Hej! Special Rullekebab----Original Rullekebab with pineapple, blue cheese, jalapeños

HAMBURGARE
Hand-patted, local grass-fed beef, homemade buns

The Classic----beef, choice of cheese, bun
The Gettysburg----caramelized shallots, mushrooms, blue cheese, bacon, balsamic glaze
The Farfar----two patties, four slices of American cheese, four pieces of bacon
The Gruff Burger----goat cheese, fries (on top!), caramelized shallots, poutine gravy to dip
The Valedictorian----pepper-jack cheese, bacon, guacamole (from Rosa's)

POMMES FRITES
Fresh-cut fries

Plain----with cheese or gravy to dip
Loaded Kebab Fries----fresh-cut fries, chopped kebab meat, red and white kebab sauces, crumbled feta, diced jalapeños and tomatoes
Goat Cheese Poutine----fresh-cut fries, house-made gravy, goat cheese crumbles


MUNKAR
Äpple Munk----fresh donut, cinnamon sugar, filled w/ apple and sweet cream
Bär Munk----fresh donut, sugar, seasonal berry jam, sweet cream
Munkhål----baby donuts (holes), cinnamon sugar
Special Munk----daily and seasonal specials


CUPCAKES
Vanilla Wedding Cake, Devil's Food, Lemon, Strawberry Cheesecake, Weekly Specials

SEASONAL TREATS
Homemade Apple Crisp à la Mode
Apple Fritters
Pumpamunk
Saffron Buns”
― Jared Reck, Donuts and Other Proclamations of Love

“It’s our memories that make us who we are -those moments that, for whatever reason, big or small, stick in our brains, that make up our stories.”
― Jared Reck, A Short History of the Girl Next Door

“I still love that girl.
God, I love that girl.”
― Jared Reck, A Short History of the Girl Next Door

“Why are people not burning this fucking place to the ground?”
― Jared Reck, A Short History of the Girl Next Door

“But at the end of the night, I’m still going to wish it was Tabby.”
― Jared Reck, A Short History of the Girl Next Door

“What an awesome human being.”
― Jared Reck, A Short History of the Girl Next Door

“Mom asked me this morning if I’d made my New Year’s resolution yet. I told her it’s to get a tattoo on my butt cheek of half a heart, like those friendship necklaces, and trip was going to get the other half-we’re still arguing over who gets the Best butt cheek and who gets the Friends cheek. Each has its own issues in isolation. I feel like there’s a poem in there somewhere.”
― Jared Reck, A Short History of the Girl Next Door

“I can’t say what’s going to happen down the road, or what either of you are going to want in your lives. But remember, the best relationships are based on friendship.”
― Jared Reck, A Short History of the Girl Next Door

“However long I get, if I can spend time with the people I love, I don’t really care what the point is.”
― Jared Reck, A Short History of the Girl Next Door

“Though, for the record, the environmental impact goes on your carbon footprint, not mine.”
― Jared Reck, A Short History of the Girl Next Door

“Fate can suck my ass, too.”
― Jared Reck, A Short History of the Girl Next Door

“But I don’t want her to be a memory. I don’t want her death to be the shitty part of my happy movie.”
― Jared Reck, A Short History of the Girl Next Door

“I see one more part of me that’s gone.”
― Jared Reck, A Short History of the Girl Next Door

“Were there even a lot of food trucks around then? I thought the big boom was just a few years ago with that Korean barbecue truck in LA."
Lou researches everything. Farfar smiled.
"Amir's family ran a popular kebab shop in Mariehamm. It was a pretty easy transition for him---at least as far as the actual work. Me, not so much. I could cook a little bit, but I had never made munkar before in my life. They just made me happy, and I knew that is what I wanted to offer, as strange a combination as it is."
"I don't know," Lou said. "If you ever go to the Gyro Fest at the big Greek Orthodox church in York, people eat a huge gyro, then go back for honey puffs. Doesn't seem like that much of a stretch."
"Looo, this is why you're my favorite person.”
― Jared Reck, Donuts and Other Proclamations of Love

“Why, yes, Matt. I went to a twelve-hour dance-athon by myself. In fact, it’s still going. I’m there right now, doing an awkward step-slide behind a group of upperclassmen in a dark corner of the gym. I’m having the time of my life.”
― Jared Reck, A Short History of the Girl Next Door

“It's our memories that make us who we are - those moments that, for whatever reason, big or small, stick in our brains, that make up our stories.”
― Jared Reck, A Short History of the Girl Next Door

“I’m torn between giving you a hug and sending you to guidance.”
― Jared Reck, A Short History of the Girl Next Door

“I love how stupid he looks-that he relishes in it, even. He’s all in.”
― Jared Reck, A Short History of the Girl Next Door

“It seems my brain has finally stopped working.”
― Jared Reck, A Short History of the Girl Next Door

“Or she gets diabetes, and she’ll end up thinking of me every time she pricks her finger to check her blood sugar.”
― Jared Reck, A Short History of the Girl Next Door

“Well, if you could have any girl you wanted, who would you pick?”
― Jared Reck, A Short History of the Girl Next Door

“I wonder if maybe Farfar's heaven would be steering his own kart, inside the game, his gray ponytail slowly flapping in the lessened gravity of Rainbow Road, cackling as a smiling puff-cloud fishes him out of the abyss after he goes sailing over the guardrails. I'd wave as I pass, careful as always, decelerating my standard kart around the sharp turns, just waiting for him to come barreling past me yet again.”
― Jared Reck, Donuts and Other Proclamations of Love

“You’re the nerds.”
― Jared Reck, A Short History of the Girl Next Door