Heroine Complex Quotes

“IN THE PANTHEON of Comforting Smells, I ranked McDonald’s french fry grease in the top five. Maybe”
― Sarah Kuhn, Heroine Complex

“So our sexperiment has been a long time in the making,' I said. I was going for 'teasing,' but my tone came out more like 'do me on this table right now, please.”
― Sarah Kuhn, Heroine Complex

“the well-paid pickings for PhD Program Dropouts Who Only Have Experience Working in Academia were basically nonexistent”
― Sarah Kuhn, Heroine Complex

“In the pantheon of Comforting Smells, I ranked McDonald's french fry grease in the top five.”
― Sarah Kuhn, Heroine Complex

“There was something deeply ironic about the fact that so many of the "exotic" food items that had gotten us teased and bullied by our white classmates were now fetishized by white hipsters.”
― Sarah Kuhn, Heroine Complex

“I was trying to put as much distance between us as possible. In the past, it's been very necessary to keep my life free from distractions. And you are a very big distraction. Especially in that goddamn tight T-shirt.”
― Sarah Kuhn, Heroine Complex

“So, yes -- he was definitely proportional.”
― Sarah Kuhn, Heroine Complex

“Are we really fighting,' he said between kisses, 'about how we're going to have sex?”
― Sarah Kuhn, Heroine Complex

“I'm everyone's friend!' protested Aveda, wrenching free from my grasp. 'Friend to all fans: that's my new slogan. Make a note so we can get T-shirts made.'

'You aren't even a friend to your friends!' I yelped, my frustration boiling over. 'You blatantly ignore their advice, manipulate them into doing your bidding, then act like an idiot child when the half-baked plan you came up with actually starts to work'

Aveda's expression shifted, her eyes turning to pure ice. 'You need to remember your place.'

'Really?' I retorted. 'Because it sure seems like I'm doing a damp good job taking yours.”
― Sarah Kuhn, Heroine Complex

“She had taken notice of my ruined shirt the night before. I’d hastily explained it away as a fire power-related mishap, which she’d seemed to accept readily enough, what with the sprinklers going off and all.”
― Sarah Kuhn, Heroine Complex

“And she sure as hell knew how to manipulate me.”
― Sarah Kuhn, Heroine Complex

“ZITASTROPHE! Aveda Jupiter Conquers Cupcakes . . . but Falls to Face Volcano! by Maisy Kane, Bay Bridge Kiss Editrix”
― Sarah Kuhn, Heroine Complex

“my tailbone colliding with the floor of previously pristine bakery Cake My Day. That floor had been a spotless expanse of ivory up ’til about fifteen minutes ago, when a posse of demons leapt through their portal of choice, assumed pastry form, and started acting like a bunch of assholes.”
― Sarah Kuhn, Heroine Complex