Perception Quotes

“The gossip mill runs on estrogen.”
― Kim Harrington, Perception

“Clare. Give me a reason to stay.”
― Kim Harrington, Perception

“And you managed to leave the house and be the hero. Who do you think you are, Spider-Man?”
― Kim Harrington, Perception

“And you pretend to be stupid, which is completely disingenuous. Big word, but I know you know what it means.”
― Kim Harrington, Perception

“Gabriel?” I said.
“Yeah?” His voice was breathless.
“Kiss me.”
― Kim Harrington, Perception

“Well, that narrowed down the list of suspects.
To the whole world.”
― Kim Harrington, Perception

“Wow, you mean Tiffany’s an evil wench? I’m shocked. Shocked, I tell you!” I patted my heart in faux surprise.”
― Kim Harrington, Perception

“Last Year Clare would have a lot to say to This Year Clare if she could have peeked into the future and seen me in Kendra Kiger's house. She'd probably slap me upside the head and say some variation of "Hey, Future Clare, wtf?”
― Kim Harrington, Perception

“Were Gabriel and I going to fall in love? Be together forever? Live our lives happily as soul mates? Who the hell knew something like that? I
sure didn’t. I can’t see the future.
All I knew was that I would love finding out.”
― Kim Harrington, Perception

“blown into my life like a hurricane, turned me upside down, challenged
me at every turn. And, together, we sparked like lightning.”
― Kim Harrington, Perception

“You’re the most important person in the world to
me.” I quickly added in a hushed voice, “Don’t tell Mom. She’ll be jealous.”
― Kim Harrington, Perception

“This wasn’t the time or place for it, so I hid it away in a little drawer in the back of my mind,
marked DEAL WITH LATER.”
― Kim Harrington, Perception

“I leaned forward and slapped her across the face. Probably a bit harder than I needed to, but it worked.”
― Kim Harrington, Perception

“Well, I can feel superior for my good deed.” I flashed him a smile. “How’s that for a selfish reason?”
― Kim Harrington, Perception

“Apparently my inner self is mute.”
― Kim Harrington, Perception

“She’d probably slap me upside the head and say some variation of 'Hey, Future Clare, wtf?”
― Kim Harrington, Perception

“MY MOUTH OPENED.
Way to go, Clare. Way to impress the mother of a prospective boyfriend. Moms love their boys to date psycho overprotective girls.”
― Kim Harrington, Perception

“He seemed to be having a staring contest with one of the candles”
― Kim Harrington, Perception

“He was never one to care whether a person was popular or not. Exhibit A … me.”
― Kim Harrington, Perception

“Perry would disown me for wearing a Yankees sweatshirt, but he would never know, and I was too cold to care about team loyalty.”
― Kim Harrington, Perception

“Kendra was on Gabriel like a predator on a slab of meat.”
― Kim Harrington, Perception

“A sea of people in red crowded around it. I looked at
Mallory’s black hoodie and my gray sweater and realized we’d forgotten to wear the school colors. Oh, well. There was always my hair.”
― Kim Harrington, Perception

“I hate procrastinating, so much so that I often do my homework on Friday so it won’t be hanging over my head all weekend long. The good
thing is, my (nonexistent) social life doesn’t usually interfere with this quirk of mine.”
― Kim Harrington, Perception

“Welcome to Lorelei's." A saleslady glided up to us. She had white foundation pancaked skin, and went heavy on the eyeliner and red lipstick. She wore a corset that barely contained...I'm gonna say it...her swelling bosom. If she had to sneeze, I was covering my eyes because even a slight cough could pop one of those suckers free.”
― Kim Harrington, Perception