Trouble from the Start Quotes

“I was going to be a late bloomer but I was going to bloom spectacularly.”
― Rachel Hawthorne, Trouble from the Start

“Hey, college-bound?"
"Yeah?"
"Do you always kick guys in the nuts when they try to kiss you?"
"Maybe you should try it sometime and find out.”
― Rachel Hawthorne, Trouble from the Start

“Breathe deep."
"Deeply," I forced out through my tingling mouth.
"What?"
"Deeply. Adverbs follow verbs."
"Seriously? You're giving me a grammar lesson in the middle of your barfing?”
― Rachel Hawthorne, Trouble from the Start

“You need fresh air," he said.
"We're outside," I pointed out. "It doesn't get any fresher than that.”
― Rachel Hawthorne, Trouble from the Start

“I don't know all the answers in life, but the beauty in math is that the answer is always there."
He scoffed. "Yet I never seem to be able to find it."
"Maybe you've been looking in the wrong place.”
― Rachel Hawthorne, Trouble from the Start

“You know people are going to think you like me if you hang around my locker."
Pushing away from the locker, he swung his gaze back to me. "I do like you."
Then he walked away as though the world still spun on its axis.”
― Rachel Hawthorne, Trouble from the Start

“Just because you dread doing something doesn't make you a coward. Just because you do something you dread doesn't make you brave. In my case, I wasn't sure what I was.”
― Rachel Hawthorne, Trouble from the Start

“We were supposed to be just friends, but what could you do when the kiss-cam was pointed at you? You must make the most of it.”
― Rachel Hawthorne, Trouble from the Start

“I'd thought I'd be perceived as cool if I acted like I was up for anything. Instead I discovered that some things just aren't worth it.”
― Rachel Hawthorne, Trouble from the Start