Dash & Lily's Book of Dares

by Rachel Cohn

It was one of those moments when you feel the future so much that it humbles the present. Her absence was palpable, even though she was still in the room.

but she was looking at me, like he was the distraction and I was the conversation.

Yes, girls want their princes, but boys want their princesses just as much.

Be careful what you’re doing, because no one is ever who you want them to be.

fan•ci•ful\fan(t)si-f\adj (ca. 1627) 1 : marked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience.

We are reading the story of our lives As though we were in it, As though we had written it.

I was attempting to write the story of my life. It wasn’t so much about plot. It was much more about character.

“The reward is in the risk.

The important people in our lives leave imprints. They may stay or go in the physical realm, but they are always there in your heart, because they helped form your heart. There’s no getting over that.”

“It exists in this pristine state, upholding its ideals.

But then … along come words.”

“I mean, what if love isn’t a yes-or-no question? It’s not either you’re in love or you’re not. I mean, aren’t there different levels? And maybe these things, like words and expectations and whatever, don’t go on top of the love. Maybe it’s like a map, and they all have their own place, and then when you see it from the sky—whoa.”