Quotes from Simone Elkeles

Paco!" she announces loudly. "Yeah, I'm talkin' to you," Elena says, pointing to Paco talking to a bunch of girls. "Next time you want to take a dump, do it in someone else's house.

What's with all those tattoos? Makes you look like a hooligan." "I suspect I am a hooligan.

he thinks of it as playing good cop/bad cop. Except we play bad gang member/worse gang member.

My body urges me to take advantage of the situation, but my brain (the one inside my head) keeps me in check.

Uh, Alex," Enrique laughs. "There's a trick-or-treater here to see you.

You know what your problem is?" I ask him. "Yes. I have a daughter who insists she knows everything." "That's not your problem, Aba. That's your blessing.

Choking the gopher. What'd you think I'd do, my homework?

Love is honesty. Love is a mutual respect for one another." ? Simone Elkeles, Leaving Paradise

Cómo me gustaría poder retroceder al año pasado y empezar de nuevo. La vida no te permite hacer eso. No es posible borrar el pasado, pero voy a tratar de hacer que otras personas lo olviden.

It's not stupid. I guess havin' hope is better that givin' up and thinking life will such forever.

Me estas siguiendo? —ella pregunta, pero no se encuentra con mi mirada. —Si —le digo. — ¿Por qué? — ¿Honestamente? Ella me mira, sus cejas enarcadas. Le doy la única respuesta honesta y verdadera que tengo. —Estas donde yo quiero estar.

A veces hay que alejarse de la multitud para ser una mejor persona. No siempre es fácil, eso es seguro. Pero es correcto. Y a veces hacer lo correcto se siente muy bien.

Snakes don't have fuckin' legs, so how was I supposed to think there'd be one hidin' in the face of a damn rock that's ten feet below the summit?

You have to live for the moment, each and every day . . . the here, the now.

The Professor doesn't have a problem being called Dick? If my name was Richard, I'd go by Richard or Rich . . . not Dick. Hell, I'd even settle for being called Chard.

cause if you were my girlfriend and a stud like me was livin' in your house, I'd kiss you in front of the guy every chance I got as a reminder.

Ser judía es más algo de tu corazón que de tu mente. Para algunos, ser judío es seguir estrictamente las leyes y las costumbres de nuestros antepasados. Para otros, es ser parte de una comunidad. La religión es muy personal. Siempre estaré allí para ti si quieres o lo necesitas. Puedes elegir adoptar el judaísmo o decidir que tu vida no lo necesita. Nadie puede imponer la religión en ti o ésta no será real.

Nikki looks at me, confused. "What's wrong?" I've got a gun stashed in my closet. "Nothin'.

Para que lo sepas, Lenny, esta no es una cita —Trish dice. —Entonces, ¿qué es? —Soy yo sintiendo lástima por ti, porque eres un perdedor.

I'm going to kiss you." "Here?" "Oh, yeah. Right here, right now.

Do I even know how to be real?

Es difícil mantener todo igual cuando las mismas cosas lucen y se sienten diferentes.

But there are other roads to choose, they're just harder to trudge through.

For the record, I thought you were untouchable. But now that I know you think I'm a hot, sexy, Mexican god . .