The Genesis of Evangeline Quotes

“Her pen moved across her notepad at warp speed and I found myself wondering what she could possibly be writing and I hadn’t said a word.”
― Rachel Jonas, The Genesis of Evangeline

“Today, Dr. Cruz reached a new low. Apparently, my ‘yes’ and ‘no´ answers had pushed her over the edge, because she resorted to force-feeding me grief. Her tactic was to superimpose feelings onto me that she thought I should be experiencing, ending the statement with some patronizing variation of ‘You don’t have to say anything. I already know.”
― Rachel Jonas, The Genesis of Evangeline

“My eyes lifted from the blue, white, and yellow pattern of my uniform skirt, to meet those of Dr. Cruz—school psychologist and seeker of the ever-elusive, emotional breakthrough. I realized that was her goal sometime during our first session. I suppose, in her world, that was a benchmark of successful treatment, but, from where I sat, it was just incredibly annoying.”
― Rachel Jonas, The Genesis of Evangeline

“A lifetime of ups that made the downs seem so insignificant.”
― Rachel Jonas, The Genesis of Evangeline

“silver object glinted through the air. It landed in the center of my palm. A key”
― Rachel Jonas, The Genesis of Evangeline

“We’re tethered to one another,” he answered. “Our souls.”
― Rachel Jonas, The Genesis of Evangeline

“Modus salvos… Survival mode.”
― Rachel Jonas, The Genesis of Evangeline

“It’s rare for the harvest moon to rise mere hours after the autumnal equinox, but, when it does, it’s called a super harvest moon”
― Rachel Jonas, The Genesis of Evangeline

“The strange, unexplainable sense of being exposed hit me and my stomach dropped. T”
― Rachel Jonas, The Genesis of Evangeline

“The words left my mouth before I could catch them, before I could tweak them, make them softer, lighter.”
― Rachel Jonas, The Genesis of Evangeline

“I had a feeling all our parents were pretty much on the same page when it came to being overprotective and a bit overbearing. Kind of came with the territory of raising teenagers, I think.”
― Rachel Jonas, The Genesis of Evangeline

“He shifted in his seat and leaned forward to get a good look at Evie from around me. There was this thing he did when he wanted to hook up with a girl—licking his lips incessantly like a prowling hyena—and he was doing it now. The only thing that kept me from hitting him was reminding myself we’d been friends since kindergarten and doing so would probably mean his mom wouldn’t make me 7-Up cake anymore on my birthday. Couldn’t risk that.”
― Rachel Jonas, The Genesis of Evangeline

“All eyes, including those of my teammates, were set on Evie and I. It was probably obvious by now that I was interested in her, especially to those who’d seen us come in together this morning. They weren’t used to seeing me so openly into a girl, so I just had to let them stare at us like we were unicorns until the shock wore off.”
― Rachel Jonas, The Genesis of Evangeline

“A half-eaten chocolate bar sat wrapped on the corner of the short bookcase near the window. Maybe she had a major affinity to sweets like I did. I imagined her standing there before I came in, getting her fix as she stared down on the open field below. She was so tall and thin it was hard to imagine her indulging in anything other than a pile of vegetables, but that just goes to show where making assumptions gets you.”
― Rachel Jonas, The Genesis of Evangeline

“Her eyes were wild with excitement and, for once, I didn’t feel like the oddball when it came to this topic. At home, everyone dismissed my observations when I called attention to what went on around us, making it seem like I was making a big deal out of nothing.”
― Rachel Jonas, The Genesis of Evangeline

“I was careful to keep the nerd that lives inside me on a tight leash most of the time, I guess because people tended to pass me sideways glances whenever I talked in depth about anything other than football.”
― Rachel Jonas, The Genesis of Evangeline